Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

‪To know someone is to have your own personal experiences with them, not lead by the opinion of others.‬

I may be sick. I may come from a hole in the ground. My best friend may be an insect. But at least I don’t live in decent society.

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness - give me truth.

People will really believe anything. You may have noticed this. It’s not just me. Look around.

Art is a point of view, and a genius way of looking at things.

Your future depends on what you do today.

I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.