People who were born alone are defined by feelings like "Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book..." and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

People who were born alone are defined by feelings like "Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book..." and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

You know, I can see two tiny pictures of myself And there's one in each of your eyes. And they're doin' everything I do. Every time I light a cigarette, they light up theirs. I take a drink and I look in and they're drinkin' too. It's drivin' me crazy. It's drivin' me nuts.

Life goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.