She looked confused. She looked off-balance. That’s a technique I employ to get dates, and it always works.

My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.

Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.

Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---And remember who you are!

Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind—isn't anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding like a blind man on the right road?

Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real. But it is true.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.

It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I have to make acting spiritual for myself, and each role a spiritual journey for me.

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart

I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.

Fear is the root of all courage.