Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day.

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' English cottages and charming huts might seem out of reach, but a good carpenter could build a modest cottage on the cheap.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We are all people, and we are all creative.