A guitar has moonlight in it.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either".

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Time is the only critic.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

I shall not dwell in the past...I shall not dread the present...I shall not fear the Future...For as Long as I live...I shall only think of success.

To be a climber one has to accept that gratification is rarely immediate.

America - the best poor man's country in the world.

I'm an old man now. I can't believe it. I'm listening to all sorts because I'm producing people.

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.

I loved you so much right then Sam Roth.

Sometimes miracles come in pairs.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water.