"I want to be a writer who is not afraid to be imperfect. I want to be a writer who is not afraid to make mistakes. I want to be a writer who is not afraid to learn."

"I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people who interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desi…"

"I'm a lover, but I'm a fighter too."

"But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear?"

"I am not a Beatnik. I am a Catholic."