In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.

When belief in a god dies, the god dies.

What I try to write about are the darkest things in the soul, the mortal dreads... The closer I get to the burning core of my being, the things which are most painful to me, the better is my work.

Any writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous.

You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.

A man may truly live in his dreams, his noblest dreams, but only, only if he is worthy of those dreams.

They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.