Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship.

People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

Nothing is unnatural - just untried.