Americans are artisans in freedom.

Silence does not always imply consent. Sometimes it simply means that the silent one has opted out of a discussion with idiots.

I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.

The long days seduce all thought away, and we lie like the lizards in the sun, postponing our lives indefinitely.

New York is still where I live most of the time.

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.

As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.

I told you I didn't want to fight with Charlie." "Nobody said that you had to." I glowered at him. "I can't help myself when he gets all bossy like that―my natural teenage instincts overpower me.

They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.

Well, you need to have at least one black friend, otherwise people think you're racist