I write the books I want to read. I'm interested in seeing what happens with this book in the marketplace.

It's through the voice that I tend to figure out the character (and through dialogue that I come to understand other characters).

Sometimes the guys who look the most normal are the biggest pervs of all.

If our eyes could see everything, every man would see his own faults.

It was a dreadful thing to see. Humans beings can be awful cruel to one another.

Hope ... is not a feeling it is something you do.

Oh--won't we party hard when L.A. goes kersplash?...L.A. fell in the ocean?... There is a God. He loves us all so much.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.

Art has to address eternal issues.

The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns out refrigerators.