Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or believe. It's more like conversation, raising new questions and inspiring you to answer them for yourself.

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

I write every moment that is humanly possible. I write every day and every night. The only discipline I lack is the discipline is to quit.

Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging to drown out quiet desperation.

Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.

This Forest eats itself and lives forever.

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.