The music of the Stones pounds the air like the amplified pulse of my erection.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

The biggest regrets people have aren’t about what they did, but what they didn’t do.

I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird.

I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience.

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

Some are bent with toil, and some get crooked trying to avoid it.

What are you doing back at the bakery?” I asked [Diesel]. “Did you know Wulf was here?” “No. I knew food was here.

Because the more you changed, the less of you there was.

Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings.

I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him.

I have never changed. I feel as young as I always did and remain close friends with Gerhard Schröder.