I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either".

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Time is the only critic.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

Learn to resist but do not be un-moveable in your resistance. Resist like the water.

The truth, however, was stranger still.

The life of action is nobler than the life of thought.

We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

The purpose of road traffic is speed, not safety.

I like the 'Alive' part. Now I've made it. Wait until you see the roles I could take after this. You're going to see my gut hanging over, plus 22lbs. It'll be a whole new kind of sexy!

Was there ever a time when the majority was right?

Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.