The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

I had no Freedom. I had nothing.

I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what?

They were beautiful nothings

you fall into the mirror, come through the other side staring at a lightbulb.

young or old, good or bad, I don't think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer.

The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.