It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

I'm a giant pimple on the face of humanity.

In order to reach our goals we sometimes need a plan B. Other times we go all the way through to plan Z.

Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise.

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Cheese and jam are really nice. Cheese and apple as well. Cheese and grapes are good.

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.

I come from a family of tall, curvy women. I developed in my body and my shape far earlier, so from a young age I accepted it. I embraced it and saw it as an advantage.

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it.