I don't feel like a survivor. I feel left behind.

I always return to Paris, taking my selves along - past self, customary self, the self I never had.

poetry ... shows with a sudden intense clarity what is already there.

nobody alive or dead deserves to be called a poetess.

The poor South. Already guilty of slavery, it became guilty of cigarettes.

being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.

My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

"That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."

Breaking Bad is one of my favorite shows, of all time.

When I first met with Kurt [Sutter], it was one of those moments where you feel everything is happening for a reason.

Do not be awed by giant predecessors. Be ill-tempered with their renown. Point out flaws. Frighten interviewers from Time. Appear in Playboy. Sell to the movies.