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

All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

There is nobody in the world that you can't get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You've got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

All literature is gossip.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

our real fears are the sounds of footsteps walking in the corridors of our minds, and the anxieties, the phantom floatings, they create.