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

"Every time I write a book, I try to make it as good as I can, and then I hope that people will read it."

"We are all victims of the things we don't understand."

"You'll be the first to die, if you don't take a bath, you'll be the first to die."

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."