I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.

The plants filled the place, a forest of them, with nasty meaty leaves and stalks like the newly washed fingers of dead men.

To say goodbye is to die a little.

There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.