I was just like, 'You know what? If I want to write about the culture war, I don't wanna be a pawn in it anymore.

I think if you write from your own gut, you'll come up with something interesting, whereas if you sit around guessing what people want, you end up with the kind of same schlock that everybody else has got.

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

Culture begins, however, with the correct movement of the language: and once it has properly begun, it begets that physical sensation in the presence of 'elegant' writers which is known by the name of 'loathing.'

The key to being a wonderful writer is not to write. You just get out of the way, leave room for God to walk in the room, and when I write something that I know is right, I get on my knees and say, 'Thank You.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.