"The hardest thing in the world to do is to write straight honest prose about human beings."

"The best people in the world are the ones who make you laugh, even when you don't want to smile."

"I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after."

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."

"I still believe, though, that the best writing is done on an empty stomach."