It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

It takes a lot of energy to teach.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously. It takes a lot of energy for me to take something seriously.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.