There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn on that.

The public is totally illiterate in America. It can't read at all. It's absolutely insensitive to words.

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.

New York establishment isn't really a literary establishment. It's just a collection of broken down old newspaper hacks who pass judgment on books that they have not even read, with assuredness of Jehova.

In a competitive society, the thing people fear the most is love.

The worse the author, the more he is known.