“If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.”
― Death of a Red Heroine
― Death of a Red Heroine
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to be hanging-out in libraries all the time.
Nightclubs are great literary research centers. So is Ibiza!”
― Cities & Countries
Nightclubs are great literary research centers. So is Ibiza!”
― Cities & Countries
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