The more you know about something, the harder it becomes. You become more and more of a perfectionist. I think it's a curse... It's a form of illness!

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly

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

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.

Never love a wild thing...If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky.