Those who preach god, need god Those who preach peace do not have peace Those who preach love do not have love

Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores.

Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets. . . when you leave your typewriter you leave your machine gun and the rats come pouring through.

It was like any other relationship, there was jealousy on both sides, there were split-ups and reconciliations. There were also fragmented moments of great peace and beauty. I often tried to get away from her and she tried to get away from me but it was difficult: Cupid, in his strange way, was really there.

sometimes I hate you," she said.