Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

When I naturally write a story and I feel that the guy is sitting across the table from the girl and flirting with her... I think, 'God, that can't be me' because I'm just too old for that part. You need a 30-year-old or a 35-year-old for that part. And so I've given myself less and less roles.

With me; it's just a genetic dissatisfaction with everything.

I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her.

In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for you. It's the change of venue, the unblocking the attempt to force the ideas that's crippling you when you're trying to write.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

I can't enjoy anything unless everybody is. If one guy is starving someplace, that puts a crimp in my evening.