You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you

We buy balloons, we let them go.

I have to return some videotapes

The better you look, the more you see.

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.

No one ever likes the right person.

Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?

Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?

But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst

Be out of the mainstream. I'm out of the mainstream. I enjoy it, who wants to be in the mainstream?

If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.

We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is.

I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?

Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.

If you want to be holy, be kind.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

We're gonna get weaker. That's already happened. They used to say, you know, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Now they're saying eat five fruits. That's evidence. You can't argue with that.

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them.