Writing Is A Mode Of Being. If

Somewhere I Put It This Way: First Drafts Are For Learning What One’s Fiction Wants Him To Say. Revision Works With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Reform It. Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

Charity You Can Give Even When You Haven't Got.

A Writer Is A Spectator, Looking At Everything With A Highly Critical Eye.

It's One Thing For A Man Not To Know, Not To Have Learned; It's Another Not To Be Able To Live By What One Does Know.

Teach Yourself To Work In Uncertainty.