Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Survival is triumph enough.

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.

The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable.

I think everything in life is a balance.

The challenge to the improvisor is to get permanence into his spontaneity. The challenge to the composer is to get spontaneity into his permanence.

If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.

Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.

You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.

One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

Reality is not what it used to be.