I have the same fantasy every time I read a book I love, no matter who wrote it, no matter when it was written. That the author has written his book only for me.

... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

The story's what matters; spelling's overrated.

...every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were not alone in their hopes, dreams, and fears?

Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?

Every criminal would be an artist if he had the talent, and every artist would become a criminal if he had the guts.

Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable.

...there was a certain comfort in surrender.

All bombing is terrorism.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play

Plot twist: everything goes exactly as planned.

Ooo la la! That kiss was fine, and it was full of all the words I didn't need to say.

The dependency on the dole, formerly limited in pre-Clinton days to 14 million women and children on AFDC, will now grow to a clear majority of the U.S. population.

If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live.

I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

So long as selfishness makes government needful at all, it must make every government corrupt, save one in which all men are represented.

Lovers remember everything. [Lat., Meminerunt omnia amantes.]

A satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.