The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.

Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.

Never sleep with anybody who has more problems than you do.

Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.