Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.

I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.

Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matter how venal.

Mike Huckabee represents something that is either tremendously encouraging or deeply disturbing, depending on your point of view: a marriage of Christian fundamentalism with economic populism.

There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.

Why is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.

Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.

If your eyes and mind can SEE IT, the body does not require external motivation to get motivated.

Talent is cheap. What matters is discipline.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

I'm very excited about this wonderful opportunity to take part in the evolution of a company that is integral to the Hispanic community and a powerful force in all areas of the media.

We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us.

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.