Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.
Redheads are said to be children of the moon, thwarted by the sun and addicted to sex and sugar.
The moon invented natural rhythm. Civilization uninvented it.
More immediately, by waxing soulful you will have granted yourself the possibility of ecstatic participation in what the ancients considered a divinely animated universe. And on a day to day basis, folks, it doesn’t get any better than that.
When we accept bad art because it’s good politics, we’re killing the swan to feed the chickens.
If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.
A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don’t know how to write sentences.
At the typewriter you find out who you are.
I am cheerful. I don’t know if I’m happy. There is a difference, you know.
Writing a novel is not so much a project as a journey, a voyage, an adventure.
I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.
Don’t talk about it – you’ll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them to air. Especially hot air.
The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There is no evidence that generalized skills are in any way superior to specialized brilliance.
Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces.
Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?
Kissing is man’s greatest invention. All animals copulate, but only humans kiss.
Love is the ultimate outlaw.
If you were Jesus with missing years to kill where would you go?
Get yourself in that extreme state of being next to madness. You should always write with an erection. Even if you’re a woman.
You have to eat your technique. Digest it. It’s in your blood, but you’re not concerned with it anymore.