Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.

Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.

Everything is generated through your own will power. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. This is a democracy. You go where you want to go and do what you want to do.

Libraries are the center of our lives. There's no use going to a university if you don't live at the library.

What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.

There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.

I’m the thing you most desire, you represent the thing I least desire, death. It’s just the opposite of love.