I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

It seemed better to delay thinking.

The night kept coming on in and there was nothing I could do.

I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn't know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think this is so important? And another part of me answered, just because it is.

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

Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.

There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see? I'm the guy who wrote it, but I don't want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe.