"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world." Lily Tomlin

"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book--it makes a very poor doorstop." Alfred Hitchcock

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." W. Somerset Maugham

"The most valuable writing habit I have is not to answer questions about my writing habits." Christopher Morley

"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself." Terry Pratchett

"Writing is easy. You just sit down at the typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for the love of it, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." Moliere

"Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life." Lawrence Kasdan

"Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." Samuel Johnson

"It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer." W. Somerset Maugham

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read." Hilaire Belloc

"I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties." Agatha Christie

"Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being." A.A. Milne

"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." T. S. Eliot

"The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business." John Steinbeck

"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window." Rudolph Erich Rascoe

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard Kipling