Everything in Los Angeles is too large, too loud and usually banal in concept… The plastic asshole of the world.

I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.

I knew that nobody but a luckless man could ever need a doctor in the face of a cyclone.

Civilization begins with distillation

The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.