Occupation: Novelist Birth: February 5, 1914 Death: August 2, 1997
You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal..
Piss off Satan and don't take me for dumber than I look..
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business..
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence..
What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity..
We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy..
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage..
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'.
Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?.
Open your mind and let the pictures out.
When you stop growing you start dying..
There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without d….
I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assum….
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it..
Nothing is true, everything is permitted..
The simplest questions are the most difficult..
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven..
No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive..
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer..
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity..