For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
You fail only if you stop writing.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted...
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
We are anthill men upon an anthill world.
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so...
The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.
My stories run up and bite me on the leg-I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off...
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.