The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Quote by William Styron

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I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing

The writer's duty is to keep on writing

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins...

Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins...

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...