I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow.

Don’t give me that Christian forgiveness bullshit, Dukach. I’m a vindictive Jew!” he’d bellow.

This is a love story. It’s about the good old days, when men were men and women were women and books were books.

In 90 percent of cases, you could tell within a page or two whether the writer could write.

Publishing would be so wonderful without those wretched authors.

Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism.

I've always loved the poetry in 'Pale Fire.' I think it's wonderful.

Poetry is really about your mental state or intellectual, and where you are, and you're trying to evoke that, explain it to yourself, whatever, you're trying to dig into it, analyse yourself.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

Great leader knows that under the turmoil of chaos and change, there is a beauty of patterns and designs.

Be careful what you say...you might end up in my next book!

Clear your mind of "can't."

It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down.

You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore. You beat on them, and they continue to stand there staring at you. That doesn't work. People just don't buy that anymore.

The 60s will be remembered for The Beatles, Andy Warhol and Me!

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs.