“There is nothing sacred about literature, it is damned from one end to the other. There is nothing in literature but change and change is mockery. I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.”
“Pass the damn ham, please.”
“I'm not trying to please anyone. I'm just trying to write a damn book.”
“Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.”
“Don't start this immature shit, please. If I gave a damn about any of those girls would I be here right now?”
“They damned the books I read and the things I thought by calling them immoral; later the fashion changed, and they damned things by calling them ‘clever.”