I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
John Cage Jr. There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.