The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis. William Styron Read Quote
Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever. William Styron Read Quote
I get a fine warm feeling when I’m doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let’s face it, writing is hell. William Styron Read Quote
Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. William Styron Read Quote
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. William Styron Read Quote
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. William Styron Read Quote