“bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it”

“of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse”

“There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.”

“I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.”

“from the beginning, through themiddle years and up to theend:too bad, too bad, too bad.”

“if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready. ”

“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”