There were a zillion bad jobs. That doesn't exist any more. I mean, I could wake up one afternoon with zero money and know that by the end of the day, I would have money.

When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I would never do a dish unless I had to write.

Nothing succeeds like address.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one.

Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing.

Will power is not telling anybody you quit smoking.

You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.