I believe all literature started as gossip.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

all outcast peoples struggle to be recognized as individuals. The damage of oppression is that it robs you of your individuality. You're just a faggot. Or whatever - fill in the blank. Everything you do is seen through the prism of your gayness or your womanness or your blackness by some people.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.