You don't go on "probably" when love and guns are in hand.

Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

the tigers have found me and I do not care.

And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit in the eye of the sun, hit those keys, it's the best madness going, the centuries need help, the species cry for light and gamble and laughter. Give it to them. There are enough words for all of us.

If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.

People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.