I rewrote the ending to 'Farewell to Arms,' the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.
Got tight on absinthe last night. Did knife tricks.
The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.
The great thing is to last and get your work done, and see and hear and understand and write when there is something that you know and not before and not too damn much afterwards.