I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.

I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things he felt needed to be said about the society while being as entertaining as possible. Because if you don’t entertain, nobody’s listening.

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

You can't eat your friends and have them too

I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people.

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going