In reading, one should notice and fondle details.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say far too much and do whatever the hell I want.

Curiosity is the fire of desires that burns the dust to reveal the diamond.

A true champion is one that accepts defeat the same manner he accepts winning”.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

There is no better coach than the bench.

Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.

Drugs, alcohol and ego. They are a bad mix.

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores.

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me.

There's always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.