"In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity."

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"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."

"Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them."

"Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream."

"The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively."

"Writing is my pleasure and the play,where I find myself again and again."

"It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer. But if as a single, creative person you are one in the same, then, well.....problem solved! Great writing is born from that which we personally long to read."

"Edinburgh is a comfortable puddle for a novelist."

"One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history. It's hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants."