You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself.

I've lived a lot in communist countries and they're intensely interested in money. I think they are more interested in money than capitalists are. They're the most materialistic people in the world. What they're actually living for is material things. The irony of that is that in communist countries there isn't anything to buy.

think of nothing things think of wind

I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me, if I don't honestly feel it's the best I can do, then I'm miserable.

In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist.

I'll pay you a million dollars if you tell your life story for true.

I'm not a character in any of my books.