It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.

If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree.

To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It also should have a manual drill and a crank handle in case the machine breaks down. If you're going to write, you have to find out what's bad for you. Part of that you learn fast, and then you learn what's good for you.

Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.

Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.

When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous.