I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?

The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.

To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it.

You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.

It is a miserable thing to have people writing about your private life while you are alive. I have tried to stop it all that I could but there have been many abuses by people I trusted. You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.

Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.