I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

We have story-makers and we have writers apparently most of the today's writing falls into the first category.

You need tell me nothing

You will be remembered in life only for your passions!

Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude.

... conscienceless efficiency is no match for efficiency quickened by conscience.

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.

Uncertainty is the necessary companion of all explorers.

Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased?

He who is doing his true will is assisted by the momentum of the universe.

After you've been working fairly intensively on a novel for six months you never want to see the damn thing again.