Don't smoke. Don't kill yourselves. Don't maim yourselves. Tell your friends. Please don't smoke.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

Darkness has its own beauty that you can only see with your inner light.

If you can establish yourself in the community as a giver, those people with whom you associate yourself will extend your branding far beyond you.

I wont ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.

I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books.

That cup of tea is definately not down your alley

Consumerism is our national religion.

We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

Dysfunctional muscles are generally not diseased, aging, or broken. They are starved of motion.

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

I believe in opportunity and the power of reason to seize upon it.