And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Do you need someone to make you a paper badge with the word WRITER on it before you can believe you are one? God I hope not.

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else for a while.

Here I am, ninety years old and ready for the cooling board, using a brand new Macintosh computer, and there you sit, twenty-two and gorgeous, fresh as a new peach, yet scrawling on a yellow legal pad like an old maid in a Victorian romance.

I don't have anything against either of the Dead movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, none of those movies. If it scares somebody, I think that it is serving a valid purpose. It is doing what the filmmaker intended. But, it is not something that you hand to kids.

He removed his unvaluable valuables and dumped his shirt, pants, and skivvies into a letter slot.