"I've got a lot of trouble with sanity. It's a constant struggle."

"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable."

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of …"

"You can't fight for your life and sanity and then leave the battlefield and go home and live happily ever after."

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."