We have abolished the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps? . . . But no! with the real world we have also abolished the apparent world.

Is the world really beautified by the fact that man thinks it beautiful? He has humanized it, that is all.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.

I like my whiskey neat and strong just as I like my women. Women who have matured in their minds and bodies

The writer… begins in confusion and nothingness and writes his way into clarity.

These are the times that try men's souls.

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don't know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn't have cash on him.

Are you talking to her or me, because I just can't tell

The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there.

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.