"When I want to read anything, however, I usually write it meself.” - FLANN O'BRIEN

"I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down." - ELMORE LEONARD

"Iam called a psychologist; it’s not true. I am only a realist in the highest sense. – I depict all the depths of the human soul.” - FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.” 
― GEORGE CARLIN