When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there's nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.

Pouring out liquor is like burning books.

No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.

My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.