Some of us have the fantastic chance to go back to this fortune when grown up. There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind, and he is born with it. So the point of my keeping a notebook has never been, nor is it now, to have an accurate factual record of what I have been doing or thinking . . . .
All good writing begins with information.
All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas. To write well it is first necessary to have something to say. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.