The artist makes his living by pretending, by putting it in a meaningful hole though no such holes exist.

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.

Luck and nature shapes our imagination.

I was hated, you know. I made no secret of the fact that I was an atheist. People told me there are no atheists in fox holes. That's nonsense. [interview promoting Marching as to War (2002)]

God knows that we should not despise anything. We must do our best.

Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.

I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine.

Nobody can do it for you.

We may not get what we want, when we want. But with a bit of perseverance and a lot of patience, we can get what we need.

The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed.