“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

I haven't seen snow for a few years.

“Never confuse movement with action.”

“Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.”

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”

“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”

“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ”

“I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.”

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”

“The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.”

“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”