There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.
California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything...
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.
It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.