"Are you gonna get ready for bed or just stand there like Helen Keller havin a wet dream?"

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

"The lady's face had all the charm of a snow shovel."

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."