The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Just being there for someone can sometimes bring hope when all seems hopeless.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.