That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.