Yeah, 'gossip Girl' Is A Good Show.

I Was Fortunate To Get A Lot Of Mileage Out Of My Vices . . . The Point Is Not To Be Debilitated By Your Pleasures. Maybe I Have Lucky Genes Or Something But I've Never Been Truly Addicted To Anything, Except Pleasure In General.

The Only Sensible Approach Is Not To Take It Too Seriously. What Counts Is The Writing.

The Only Thing Worse For Smoking Than Drinking Is Quitting Drinking. Because Then It's The Only Thing You Can Do.

I Think It's Dangerous To Think You Know What You're Writing. I Usually Don't Know, And Usually I Just Discover It In The Course Of Writing. I Envy Those Writers Who Can Outline A Beginning, A Middle, And End. Fitzgerald Supposedly Did It. John Irving Does. Bret Easton Ellis Does. But For Me, The Writing Itself Is The Process Of Discovery. I Can't See All That Far Ahead.

We've Been Hearing About The Death Of The Novel Ever Since The Day After Don Quixote Was Published.