It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night," the bartender says, loudly striking a book match and lighting a cigarette. "You can't fight it.

What I'd like to be is a unique writer who's different from everybody else. I want to be a writer who tells stories unlike other writers'.

I can't understand nothingness. I can't understand it and I can't imagine it.

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.