An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
Always write first things uppermost in the heart.
All of my writing has guitars behind it, even the novels.
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
A nonwriting writer is a monster inviting madness.[Ein nicht schreibender Schriftsteller ist allerdings ein den Irrsinn herausforderndes Unding.]
A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
