Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

Authorship is exhibitionism, and readers a species of voyeur.

They'll find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys.

Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head.

The man who doesn’t read hasn’t any advantage over the man who can’t read.