The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

You have to live to really know things, my love

It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.

The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.

They lay together in a sheltered place among the ruins of Brasilia while deathbeams from Chinese EMVs played like blue searchlights on broken ceramic walls.

... you "met" this Moneta ... or whatever her real name is ... in her past but your future ... in a meeting that's still to come

... a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.

I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going from being the terror of Bulgarian nights to a janitor would kinda suck

She looked at me like I was stupid, the same look the girls in JC used to give me when I hadn’t heard of the latest boy band, or turned up at Zouk wearing unfashionable clothes.

I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

It's not about how far you fall, but how high you rebound.

Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing.

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers?

You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.