Young or old, good or bad, I don’t think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer.
People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.
Not writing is not good but trying to write when you can’t is worse.
Living too long takes more than time.
It might be that people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it’s great. an Academy Award means that you don’t stink quite as much as your cousin.
I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.
I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.
I could read the great books but the great books don’t interest me.
Great books are the ones we need.
For writing about a writer’s block is better than not writing at all.
Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that’s why we get along…
