A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

Our writing equipment takes part in forming our thoughts.

Most thinkers write badly, because they communicate not only their thoughts, but also the thinking of them.

There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying to cover up their feet.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

My ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book - what everyone else does not say in a book.