"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots …"

"It's all right to fail. It's not all right to give up."

"I have a writing room. Actually, it's a one-room studio. There's even a couch. And if you think that's pretentious, go fuck yourself."

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

"This machine just called me an asshole."