Yes, I have actually mined coal, and distilled liquor, as well as seen a girl in a pink dress, and seen her take it off. I am 54 years old, weigh 220 pounds, and look like the chief dispatcher of a long-distance driving concern. I am a registered Democrat. I drink.

New York is not even a city, it's a congerie of rotten villages.

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either".

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

A guitar has moonlight in it.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.