Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.
The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.
The writer's job is to let the books speak for themselves eventually.
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
An author's characters do what he wants them to do.