We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.

A boy has to peddle his book.

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

Never love a wild thing...If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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.