Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that at some stage his books can take on their own kind of life it selves and simply lead away into directions that they're not kind of prepared for.
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
Expect the worst and that's what you'll get only it will be much worse.
I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.
To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death