Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody.

It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.

Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . .

I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together.

I have one problem, I don’t hate people. They disgust me and I want to get away from them. I do not have hatred. I have an escape mechanism.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

I can never drive my car over a bridge without thinking of suicide. I can never look at a lake or an ocean without thinking of suicide.