The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had one, no city hall, court house, church, square, or rather it probably has some of those but they're so aimlessly thrown in with the general jumble ... that I, for one, never found them.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

patience is an integral part of talent.

Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own.

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.