[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!

The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.

He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.