People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get.

Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.

One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.

You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.

Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.

No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.

Katie soon learned there was a problem with hope.

First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.

With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

Something must die so that others can live.

One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts.

Your mind is your invisible talisman. The letters PMA (positive mental attitude) are emblazoned on one side, and NMA (negative mental attitude) on the other. These are powerful forces.