Just Drawing Back And Drawing In; Becoming

You Must Always Assume That The Relationship Between Writer And Producer Is That Of Adversaries - However You Slice It. They May Be Your Dearest Friends, And They'll Invite You To Dinner, But When All The Smoke Clears And The Ozone Lifts, Your Enemy Is The Producer, That's The Guy You're Competing With, And You Have To Battle Him, Just As If You Were An Adversary.

When I Dig Back Through Memory Cells, I Get One Particularly Distinctive Feeling-and That's One Of Warmth, Comfort And Well-being. For Whatever Else I May Have Had, Or Lost, Or Will Find-i've Still Got A Hometown. This, Nobody's Gonna Take Away From Me.

If You Need Drugs To Be A Good Writer, You Are Not A Good Writer.

If You Write, Fix Pipes, Grade Papers, Lay Bricks Or Drive A Taxi - Do It With A Sense Of Pride. And Do It The Best You Know How. Be Cognizant And Sympathetic To The Guy Alongside, Because He Wants A Place In The Sun, Too. And Always...always Look Past His Color, His Creed, His Religion And The Shape Of His Ears. Look For The Whole Person. Judge Him As The Whole Person.

Why Do I Write? I Guess That's Been Asked Of Every Writer. I Don't Know. It Isn't Any Massive Compulsion.