There is really no practical help that one can offer: it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own conviction, or working with one's own work; your style is what seems natural to you. It is a long process of discovery, one that never ends. I am working at it, and will be as long as I live.

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.

Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is.

It's worth your life to order an omelette in most restaurants. You never know what you're going to get.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.

When I make fried chicken I always serve masses and masses of fresh mangos. It's a great combination.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.