I should go to Paris and jump off of the Eiffel Tower. If I took the Concorde, I could be dead three hours earlier.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to. Writing is very pleasurable, very seductive, and very therapeutic. Time passes very fast when I'm writing-really fast. I'm puzzling over something, and time just flies by. It's an exhilarating feeling. How bad can it be? It's sitting alone with fictional characters. You're escaping from the world in your own way and that's fine. Why not?

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.

I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak.

No, I don't think you're paranoid. I think you're the opposite of paranoid. I think you walk around with the insane delusion that people like you.

I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.

A man that has never lied to a woman has no respect for her feelings.