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

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

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

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

Decision and purpose directed actions define destination.

You stay close to me, Mikki Jones. Close enough that I can hear you breathe. Got it? ""You always take care of new recruits?""Never

Man cannot be content in his riches even if he has the whole world, there must be a frivolous extra desire.

Canada entered World War I as a colony and came out a nation.

The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that.

I don't think I should have been married... to anybody.

Our society can no longer tolerate ugliness. You see that in cars, sofas and women. [But] ugliness also has a right to exist.

I'm permanent you can't erase me

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game.

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.