Choosing is existence. To the extent that you don't choose, you don't exist.
Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes.
Tis e'er the lot of the innocent in the world, to fly to the wolf for succor from the lion.
The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world.
The story of your life is not your life; it's your story.
I admire writers who can make complicated things simple, but my own talent has been to make simple things complicated.