Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.Stephen Koch
You cannot satisfy both truth and the authorities...even if you should, which you won't.Stephen Koch
Rewriting, however, is the crux of writing. It is where the game is won or lost.Stephen Koch
In a very real sense, the writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself.Stephen Koch
A writers style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous.Stephen Koch
The most common and insidious reinforcement of the self imposed standards of failure is the idea that you would write if only you had the time.Stephen Koch