I feel that opiates - I include opium and all its derivatives, such as morphine, heroin, pantopon, etc. - are quite useless for any sort of creative work, useful though they may be for routine work. Much of the hard physical work in the Far East is done by opium addicts.

as soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.

Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.

Sexual arousal results from the repetition and impact of image.

Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold a million pairs of Levis to both sexes. Woodstock rises from his pages.

Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate.

My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known as loneliness. I have plenty of company.