"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector."

"Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination."

"I drink to make other people more interesting."

"I learned a long time ago never to wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty, and the pig likes it."

"The worst thing about a fight is the part where you're not fighting."