I'm not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows.

Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park.

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.

You're not such a dog as you think you are.

Ma, sooner or later there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I've got to face is whateverit is women like, I ain't got it.

Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work.

I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.