The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?

I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.

I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.

Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.

Why is it so damn hard for people to talk?

It is a terrible thing for an old woman to outlive her dogs.