For writers from working-class families, the making of art is cultural disenfranchisement, for we do not belong in literary circles and our writing rarely makes it back home.

Competition is a moral problem and an emotional tangle and a political conundrum.

Literature is a peculiarly public product of a particularly private endeavor.

People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.

All religions are both harmful and untrue.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.

The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.

Crowley didn't have a very high opinion of women, and I don't think he was wrong.

I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had this freedom of body.

NOTHING goes exactly as planned. Make your OWN destiny

But bear in mind your lover's wage Is what your looking-glass can show, And that he will turn green with rage At all that is not pictured there.