I love a lot of people, understand none of them.

I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.

Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding

The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.

I use the grotesque the way I do because people are deaf and dumb and need help to see and hear.

The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.