Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.

To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.

Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible.

We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games.

Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.

An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.

Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.

When I play too many video games I begin to feel chubby-minded, caffeinated, bad.

Girlfriends, indeed: the anti-video game.

Of that time, there is still much we do not know.

Being comfortable with the lies can be catastrophic.

A lion gains nothing from boasting to a dog.

It is morally acceptable in life for one to make mistakes

In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning.

We're going to reverse a trend that is killing most families in this country, and that is they're having to go in their pocket for more and more money for health care every year.

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.

Trav, if you cross us -- " "I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terror.