He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

A man could rant and smash and grapple with the State Police, and still the sprinklers whirled at dusk on every lawn and the television droned in every living room.

People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering.

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love.

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking around all day with a haggard look.