I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch.

You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.

Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.

How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.

I hated Hemingway. I liked Faulkner but he was a bore.