You can't disengage yourself from that game if you are completely unaware of what people out there might be doing, you're just going to be tripped up, you're going to find yourself continually at a disadvantage.

One can never expect critics to behave in any predictable way.

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.

People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people at the rave are feeling the same emotions, a very primal need that's not being fulfilled in the world today.

Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could have made a lot more money.