I write to escape... to escape poverty. |
Writing is a piece of cake. Editing is a slab of liver. |
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. |
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. |
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. |
Ask mullah why they issue fatwas against me- do they read my books? No. Can they show lines that hurt their sentiments? No. |
The best writing has no lace on its sleeves. |
Writing is, for most, laborious and slow. The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. |
Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's. |
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. |