Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see—every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.
Writing is like sex; you don’t have to wait until you’re an expert to begin doing it.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.