Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.