The first breathe of adultery is the freest.

Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

I never made a decision in my life that wasn't one hundred per cent selfish.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when you have footnotes.

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.