Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.

You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What is criminality and what is government' is a theme that runs through every history.

The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.