"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egotistical little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

"Are you gonna get ready for bed or just stand there like Helen Keller havin a wet dream?"

"The world is full of other people’s ideas. Don’t get stuck in them."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"I have a writing room. Actually, it's a one-room studio. There's even a couch. And if you think that's pretentious, go fuck yourself."