"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

"I'm not a good person. I'm not a bad person. I'm just a person."

"Life is essentially a cheat and a disappointment to a man who has attained forty years, who has for twenty years sweet-talked himself into the believe that life was a good thing."

"I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn't, I would die."

"I’m glad I don’t have to live over again. I don’t want to. It’s a bore."