I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

My Epitaph:THIS is Plan B

Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?

Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.

Japan is doing a big number on the yen, devaluing it.

Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now.

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.

The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention and expansion of powers already possessed.

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.

God will never send anything your wayyou couldn’t handle.

Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.