well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you

I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

great books are the ones we need

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.

of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse

animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along

I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread

Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.

If we are teaching children how to lie, to steal, and to be aggressive, why do schools punish those who lie and steal? and why does the society punish the offender criminal?

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.

I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day.

I've laid my friends bare.

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.

Inside the mind of 'America's Mad Genius' is not necessarily a place you want to visit.

We love even when our love is not requited.

To understand the nature of love — that is to be a Christian!