For money buys all virtues. Money suffereth long and is kid, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.

Gordon eyed them with inert hatred. At this moment he hated all books, and novels most of all. Horrible to think of all that soggy, half-baked trash massed together in one place.

Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

Money, money, all is money! Could you write even a penny novelette without money to put heart into you? Invention, energy, wit, style, charm--they've all got to be paid for in hard cash.

I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons.

The miserable man was a man of that confined stolidity of mind that he could not discuss my prospects without having me before him.

Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves … and other animals.

I have all I need.

I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of love is vital to understanding how great literature works.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.

My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.

I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

You have to be true to who you are.

I have a great love of the actual.