A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they can't wait until Saturday comes around so they can play on the high school team, or the college team, and get smashed around. Writing is like that. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it!
Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.
Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it.
Ultimately, your state of mind determines your circumstances. To realize the outcomes you want, it is critical to recognize and experience the transition from our present thoughts, habits, and actions to new thoughts, habits, and actions.
I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.