I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them. Use this quote
I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood. Use this quote
No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest. Use this quote
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Use this quote
The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. Use this quote
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. Use this quote
I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. Use this quote
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. Use this quote
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Use this quote
I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention. Use this quote
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.' Use this quote
Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. Use this quote
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. Use this quote
I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. Use this quote
I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have. Use this quote
Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment. Use this quote
Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast. Use this quote
I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time. Use this quote
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Use this quote
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. Use this quote