"What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?"
"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
"Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you."
"Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important."
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."