I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

I like seeing people when they can't see me.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.

visionaries lives between 2 extremes

Technically, of course, he was right. Socially, he was annoying us.

No reference is truly direct — every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

Most of the time, I'm working in places I'm not familiar with. Sometimes it's Slovakia, and sometimes it's Hawaii. Not to bash on Slovakia, but I really did enjoy Hawaii.

It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead of it being someone else, that girl is also me.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

So women just seized the opportunity.