Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

All artists are two-headed calves.

Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only makes me giggle.

Intelligence alone can't make a good writer and style alone can't make a good writer - that is, not a really important or significant writer - but the two things together make a really good writer.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

I told you: you can make yourself love anybody.

I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does they might as well be dead.