For some reason, people always assign high cheekbones to some ethnicity, but apparently by their regards, everybody on earth has high cheekbones. So I don't know if that matters.

I love the idea of biracial. I actually don't use the word biracial. I tend to use mixed. Biracial to me accentuates the word race, and, you know, I don't really care for it.

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find you.

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.

People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

I'm really suspicious of anybody who comes in and says, this is your identity now, or this is your belief system, and now that you have this, everything's going to be great.

My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.

My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.

I've been writing forever, 20 years.

Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art.

Wasted time means wasted lives.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

Free men are the strongest men.

The «way», who will pass it on straight and well?

The Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life.

A lot of liberals don't believe in American exceptionalism, but it doesn't mean they don't love America.

I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths.

Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable injustice and oppression.

We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.