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I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

There's always a part of my brain saying: 'Stop getting comfortable. Don't relax.' Because I find it difficult to write when I'm happy. I have to go out there and get battered up and bruised to write anything. I have to feel something.

I work only in the morning from 10 to noon. I still write by hand. I interrupt my writing when I feel that I've discovered something beautiful or, on the contrary, when I feel discontent.

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when I write and stop complaining already.