People want to know why I do this; why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy … and I keep it in a jar on my desk. — Stephen King
Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent. — Ernest Hemingway
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. — George Orwell