How can you make a revolution without executions?

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

The goal of socialism is communism.

When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.

You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

I want to do everything. That's my problem. Life is short, and I hate the idea of turning down anything. You never know what interesting experience might happen.

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance now.

How do you define a poet? It's very simple. Anyone declaring that he is a poet, is a poet.

I used to be a print reporter.

Nine people can't make a baby in a month.

Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.

Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator.

Yet if I told you you are born of God-that you are pure Gods and Goddesses at birth-pure love-you would reject me.

I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way.

To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.