We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Ever to confess you're bored means you have no Inner Resources.

That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

You have the capacity to do the work.Find the willpower to begin work.

Freedom...is the act of releasing ourselves from the bondage of that which keeps us from living the life we were meant to live.

The absence of self-love can never be replaced with the presence of people's love for you.

The many are more incorruptible than the few

Adventures are important things in our life, to forget about our aging.

At home, we live on the beach, and it's like every day is a date.

Damon Scares me,' Maggie said. 'Maybe you should do what he wants.' 'Can't.' 'Why not?' 'Because he killed me. That kind of pisses me off

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.

Novel writing is solitary work.