"And I say, 'If you're going to be a writer, for God's sake, write.'"

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."

"We are all in this together, so let's try to be nice to each other."

"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable."

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of …"