I felt very lonely when they were all there.

It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I am not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I wish I wasn't.

A writer is like a gypsy. He owes no allegiance to any government. If he is a good writer he will never like any government he lives under. His hand should be against it and its hand will always be against him.

We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!

If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.