When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means he was working without realizing he knew the rules.

I felt like poisoning a monk.

Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.

I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.

Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.

I lacked the courage to investigate the weaknesses of the wicked, because I discovered they are the same as the weaknesses of the saintly.

The fine thing about pacts with the devil is that when you sign them you are well aware of their conditions. Otherwise, why would you be recompensed with hell?

After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?

A soul wound doesn't grow a new layer of normality overnight" Cinderella in Focus: Cindy'Secret

So stretch! Reach for it. Like falling down stairs, where your inner-genius takes over and saves you — your instincts are ready to serve you.

I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again

Serving people is the best way to earn influence.

The more you take away the less there is to hide behind and that's when the true talent comes out.

[Donald Trump] has shifted - President [Barack] Obama has shifted American policy in a much more critical way in Israel with the settlements than the previous presidents.

In my position, I think the best thing I do is just keep girlfriend involved.

No matter how quietly homophobia is whispered, it doesn't make it any less loud. You can't whisper hate.

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

Running a business is making a difference in people's lives