I don't like the idea that I am going to come back as an ant or a sparrow if I don't get along in the great karma of life.

Time heals all wounds.

Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.

Even people capable of living in the past don't really know what the future holds.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

The great thing about writing is that...you can do all these antisocial things and you get paid for them and nobody ever arrests you because they're all make-believe. Then that way if you were actually ever driven to do any of those things, the pressure's off because you'd have already written them down. It's therapy.

It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.