"Paranoia is just total awareness."

"The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to get what he wants."

"I have long suspected that the more a man is a man, the more he is a child."

"The most important thing for you to do is to find a story that you want to tell and then tell it. It's the only way you'll ever get any peace."

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