To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its capacity to surprise, it relinquishes its music; to the extent that it loses its ability to tolerate ridiculous and even dangerous exceptions, it loses its grace.
Tom RobbinsGet yourself in that extreme state of being next to madness. You should always write with an erection. Even if you're a woman.
Tom RobbinsThere are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.
Tom RobbinsBland writing - timid, antiseptic, vanilla writing - is nearly as unhealthy as the brutal and dark. Instead of sipping, say, elixir, nectar, tequila, or champagne, the reader is invited to slurp lumpy milk or choke on the author's dust bunnies.
Tom Robbins