It Was Once Suggested To Me That,

I Have Never Started A Novel - I Mean Except The First, When I Was Starting A Novel Just To Start A Novel - I've Never Written One Without Rereading Victory. It Opens Up The Possibilities Of A Novel. It Makes It Seem Worth Doing.

Writing Is Always A Way, For Me, Of Coming To Some Sort Of Understanding That I Can't Reach Otherwise.it Forces You To Think. It Forces You To Work The Thing Through. Nothing Comes To Us Out Of The Blue, Very Easily.

Do Not Whine... Do Not Complain. Work Harder. Spend More Time Alone.

Details Are Our Business As Writers. Your Heart Leaps When You See A Detail That Can Go Somewhere

Innocence Ends When One Is Stripped Of The Delusion That One Likes Oneself.