The Only Thing An Artist

And Like Most Middle-aged People Who Hear The Clock Ticking In Their Lives, I Had Come To Resent A Waste Or Theft Of My Time That Was Greater Than Any Theft Of My Goods Or Money.

If You Don't Compromise Your Gift, If You Write Each Day As Well As You Can, And Then Submit Your Work And Not Worry About It And Go On To The Next Piece, You Suddenly Find Oddly Enough That You're No More Interested In The Applause Than The Silence. You Don't Hear Either One Of Them. You Can Never Listen To The Naysayers. If You Do You Won't Survive.

I Think All Good Narration Contains An Element Of Mystery And Suspense. If It Didn't, If The Storyline Were Predictable, We Would Have No Interest In Reading It.

If You Put Somebody On A Crack Pipe And Give Them A 9 Mm Baretta, You Don't Have To Be A Rocket Scientist To Figure Out What's Going To Happen Next.

Every Rejection Is Incremental Payment On Your Dues That In Some Way Will Be Translated Back Into Your Work.