I don't feel, God dictated that I should write.

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.

Infinitely more taboos, on television.

I write much better in the nonconfines of the early morning than I do the clutter of the day.

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.