I'm appalled that when I talk about the neo-conservatives it's somehow twisted, some sort of a racist comment.

The Jewish community has always taken care of its own.

I don't write about you because you don't deserve to be immortalised in my words.I'll leave you to float around in my mind until forgetfulness comes to take you away.

Usually it is through loss that the true value of anything is fully understood.

If you can not grasp the consciousness-altering experience that real mastery of these disciplines proposes, of what value is your participation?

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.

I don't want to go about offending people, that's not my plan.

If you want to write a book that's very successful and famous, then it's hard. If you just want to get published, all you have to do is convince an editor that your idea will make them money.

My ultimate dream is to sow seeds in the desert. To revegetate the deserts is to sow seed in people's hearts.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.

a writer's first duty is to be clear. Clarity is an excellent virtue. Like all virtues it can be pursued at ruinous cost. Paid, so far as I am concerned, joyfully.