I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

I'm actually a softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I've got a full head of hair and don't wear eyeglasses.

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.

Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

In life and love, there are no impossibilities.

The Village did a lot for me, of course, because it was my first movie.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

Love and used Subarus were two different things. Weren't they?

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.

It's always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags.

I think that even the Mexican society is a victim of all of this, of these crimes of "cleaning" people, of discarding people.

Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.

The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.