Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp…

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I change myself, I change the world.

I change myself, I change the world.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

Hard writing makes easy reading.

Hard writing makes easy reading.