“The waste basket is a writer's best friend.”
“The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.”
“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”
“A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.”
“If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.”
“The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.”
“There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.”