"When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble."
"what matters most is how well you walk through the fire"
"Some lose all mind and become soul,insane.some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.some lose both and become accepted"
"Find what you love and let it kill you."
"those who escape hellhowevernever talk aboutitand nothing muchbothers themafterthat."
"Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them."