When into the womb of time everything is again withdrawn chaos will be restored and chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Who hates the Jews more than the Jew?

People used to envy me my inspiration. I hate inspiration. It takes you over completely. I could never wait until it passed and I got rid of it.

You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer.

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.