“If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.”
“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
“You have to write about what keeps you up at night.”
“Doesn't it bother your conscience to know that thousands of trees give up their lives just to keep you in reading matter that you dont read?”
“Is this one of those keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer things?""I though it was keep your friends close so you have someone to drive the car when you sneak over to your enemy's house at night and throw up in his mailbox.”
“The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old.”