A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

Learning is a matter of gathering knowledge

Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.

I have advocated for rolling back regulations, simplifying the tax code and moving to zero-based budgeting - policies that will support small businesses and raise up the middle class.

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

Whosoever plants a tree, Winks at immortality.

She's the nicest person I know." Zila chewed on her lower lip. "Well, the second nicest. Avry's the first.

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

Trust me when you love something you don't need motivation.

I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released.