All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.