I'm in that very preliminary stage of wondering how exactly to "pressurize" the novel in some way I've never considered before.

Yo! You’re my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I’d have asked for it, Motherfucker!

“Et Tu, Babe” was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer’s life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing, it’s my whole life.

Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.

One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic.

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.

The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind.

It's in great joy that we grasp truth.

I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.

I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness."

A teacher is like a magical mirror that will show you your future. Imagine if you have no teacher, it may mean you have no future.

It is not enough to say we were born to be Republicans, it's more precise to say Republicanism is part of our DNA.

A highbrow is a man who has found something more interesting than women.

The waves Of the mysterious death-river moaned; The tramp, the shout, the fearful thunder-roar Of red-breathed cannon, and the wailing cry Of myriad victims, filled the air.

The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.

Today's complexities demand greater simplicity.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.