“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy.”

“Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them...”

“Finding a man who tells the truth is like looking for a dinosaur”

“An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.”

“Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now are the words, one after another. Find the next word. Write it down.”

“I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.”