I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'

The more realistic you are the more you threaten the grounds of your own art.

Death deserves dignity.

...I am much better now at ambiguities.

You have, like the external world, your own phenomena inside.

Guys like you make life easy for some women.

For God's sake,' the dog is saying, 'open the universe a little more!