"Audio of Hayden's poem Soledad"

"If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying…"

"The aspiring author, whether genius or not, should never let a day pass without writing at least a few lines."

"The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it."

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."

"Dutch text Willem Maris, by H. de Boer, published by P. J. Zürcher, Den Haag, c. 1905-1910"

"The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances."