He Had Learned The Worst Lesson That

Don't Judge It. Just Write It. Don't Judge It. It's Not For You To Judge It.

All I Can Tell You With Certainty Is That I, For One, Have No Self, And That I Am Unwilling Or Unable To Perpetrate Upon Myself The Joke Of A Self. What I Have Instead Is A Variety Of Impersonations I Can Do, And Not Only Of Myself - A Troupe Of Players That I Have Internalised, A Permanent Company Of Actors That I Can Call Upon When A Self Is Required. I Am A Theater And Nothing More Than A Theater.

When He Is Sick, Every Man Wants His Mother.

Old Age Isn't A Battle; Old Age Is A Massacre.

You Can't Write Good Satirical Fiction In America Because Reality Will Quickly Outdo Anything You Might Invent.