Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don't. They don't care what he said. They listens because of what he is.

The past isn't over. It isn't even past.

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are.

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid.

Who is he who will affirm that there must be a web of flesh and bone to hold the shape of love?

The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up to that moment, to explain why it happened or what caused it to follow.