fame is merely the fact of being misunderstood by millions of people.

The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.

We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.

Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.

The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.

Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.

The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.