Communists have become bureaucrats. If anything will destroy us, it is this.

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.

Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

What do you resist examining up close?How can you ground yourself so you feel safe enough to try?

Now what I like about lit is that though you feel you know the characters involved, you don’t – you get all the benefits of having a relationship, with none of the mess.

God's grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior

Sometimes the only thing that got you through hell was that you were in too deep to pull out.-Ehlena's thoughts

I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don't be a coward and face me in the ring, mano a mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

The spirit he has shown has been second to none. (on Terry Fenwick's drunk-driving charge)