A Writer Survives In Spite

I Like To Compare My Method With That Of Painters Centuries Ago, Proceeding From Layer To Layer.

When I Sit At My Table To Write, I Never Know What It's Going To Be Until I'm Under Way. I Trust In Inspiration, Which Sometimes Comes And Sometimes Doesn't. But I Don't Sit Back Waiting For It. I Work Every Day.

The Ratio Of Literacy To Illiteracy Is Constant, But Nowadays The Illiterates Can Read And Write.

When You Aren't Sincere You Need To Pretend, And By Pretending You End Up Believing Yourself; That's The Basic Principle Of Every Faith.

I Do Not Foresee A Time When I Shall Feel That I Have Nothing To Say.