Bohemia And All Its Works Are Vanished

One Must Avoid Ambition In Order To Write. Otherwise Something Else Is The Goal: Some Kind Of Power Beyond The Power Of Language. And The Power Of Language, It Seems To Me, Is The Only Kind Of Power A Writer Is Entitled To.

The Imagination Is A Species Of Knowledge, Knowledge That Can Take The Form Of Discovery.

The Secular Jew Is A Figment; When A Jew Becomes A Secular Person He Is No Longer A Jew.

No One Can Teach Writing, But Classes May Stimulate The Urge To Write. If You Are Born A Writer, You Will Inevitably And Helplessly Write. A Born Writer Has Self-knowledge. Read, Read, Read. And If You Are A Fiction Writer, Dont Confine Yourself To Reading Fiction. Every Writer Is First A Wide Reader.

To Listen Acutely Is To Be Powerless, Even If You Sit On A Throne.