Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
I didn't go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.