Beyond the lake the waning moon has slowed, And stands there like a window open wideInto a hushed and brightly lit abodeWhere something dreadful has occurred inside.

To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.

Somebody will be exhibiting a bunch of bananas in a gallery, and they'll get me on to talk dirty about it.

Damn Americans. I hate those bastards.

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.

Too many employers have said that they are unable to find skilled workers.

You will never be commonplace if you are vigilant in love.

One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.

If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.

I don't want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven't done. There's no "again." There's only the future. I hate the past - especially my own past.

The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.