Who said “No one wants advice, only corroboration.”?

“The worst men often give the best advice.”

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.”

“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”

“These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.”

“When in doubt, don't.”

“Time is the only critic without ambition.”

“Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.”

“Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.”

“The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.”

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”

“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.”