Beschämend / Shameful Bücher / Books Ding / Thing Eingestehen / Admit Fast / Almost Jemand / Someone Lange / Long Langsam / Slowly Lesen / Read Schreibt / Writes Wer / Who
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.
There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.
I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American.
I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.
I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.
It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs.
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
