Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in which the guilty, the great, and the tenderhearted live, I felt I was doing my best in the way of mimicry.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

I will find her.""And when you do?" Roger asked."I will make her mine, " the warrior answered in a hard, determined voice. "She will be mine."The vow was made.

Enjoy every moment to the fullest, but don't forget to plan for a future that's better than where you currently stand. Life is a journey of continuous progress.

In Australia the Man Booker is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle. I just didn’t expect to end up with the chicken.

Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.

It's an awful risky thing to live

I have been on a life-long search of how to stay in shape without putting any effort into it whatsoever.

If I was at the club you know I balled(bald), CHEMO.

Movies and television don't make you violent; all they do is channel the violence more creatively.

A lot of people think, particularly the people who have benefited, that they're entitled to the fruits of their abilities, their labor.

I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.