The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.

Inflation is determined by money supply growth.

Touch it gently, put two fingers inside, make sure it's wet & rub up & down. Yep that's how you wash a cup!

If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word.

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.

Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored