The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

That’s when I first learned that it wasn’t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.

nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing.

I will put on my shoes and shirt and get out of here - it'll be better for all of us.

That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup until you could write and while you were waiting you went crazy, and while you were going crazy you drank and the more you drank the crazier you got.

Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pain. It was a full time job.

I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed.