Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story

Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title

I think all writing is done through memory

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all.

I don't have any style.

Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play.