I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.

I walked among Shadows, and found a race of furry creatures, dark and clawed and fanged, reasonably manlike, and about as intelligent as a freshman in the high school of your choice-sorry, kids, but what I mean is they were loyal, devoted, honest, and too easily screwed by bastards like me and my brother. I felt like the dee-jay of your choice.

When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.

Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do something foolish or painful today, you get irritated if somebody mentions it, today. If it happened yesterday, though, you can nod or chuckle, as the case may be. You've crossed through nothingness or dream to another island in Time.

I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.