“You sure about this writer thing son?”
“Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.”
“"A writer has to talk about the things that go untalked about”
“The only thing that is sure about the future is that it will happen. The only thing not sure about the future is what will happen".”
“Sure I got sins. Ever'body got sins. A sin is somepin you ain't sure about. Them people that's sure about ever'thing an' ain't got no sin-- well, with that kind a son-of-a-bitch, if I was God I'd kick their ass right outa heaven! I couldn' stand 'em!”
“As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.”