"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

"The only way to write honestly is to be honest about yourself."

"I think I am trying to make my head into a kind of lighthouse for other people. I'm trying to make a light shine on things I think are true."

"Progress is the only fit for a man. Without progress, he's a dead man."

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different."