Don't put anything into a story that does not reveal character or advance the action.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

If I were to live for tomorrow, I would have lived fullest for today.

The prosperity of a person is directly proportional to the level of his giving.

England is a nation of voyeurs.

Reaching my first grand slam final was amazing, and I didn't expect it at just 19 years old.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love.