Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.

For being so straight and sure, God’s path held quite the assortment of twists.

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.

Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

What rivalry? I win all the matches.

To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.

I've always said the toughest thing about learning to feel your feelings is that then you have to feel your feelings.