Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.
It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.
I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
I believe all literature started as gossip.