"It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work."
"The best fiction is far more true than any journalism."
"I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are."
"Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing."
"If a story is in you, it has to come out."
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."