It must have been then that I began to lose faith in reasonable argument as the sole measure of truth.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

People change, though, especially after they are dead.

Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers.

What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I would trade all my experimental works for the single idea of the benzene theory.

You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

New iPod. It looks like an iPhone but it can't make phone calls. So its really just an iPhone.

Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny.

As other authors have realized, heat can have a strange effect on us, can cause odd chemical reactions in the brain. Heat can bring out secrets; it can change people's personalities.

Party spirit enlists a man's virtues in the cause of his vices.

I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore can't be seen as literature.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.