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

What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone.

We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.

Is there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit?

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.