I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

... suicide gets in the air sometimes. Like a cold germ.

Successful rebellions always begin in secret.

Anywhere in New York, anywhere in the country, somewhere there's going to be a Coke sign. People identify with Coke. You can write a novel about New York and people from the country will read it if they feel that you've made them familiar with New York.

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.