I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.

But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.

I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor and observations, and he cannot be denied the right to use it. Condemn, but not deny.

It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.

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.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did.