There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual.

Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

The age measured from the date of birth is just a number, The mental age always makes the difference

I did that girly little sighing thing you do when you can't handle all the sweetness anymore and bit my lip.

You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really deeply inside people's lives and inside their personal experiences.

At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks.

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it.

There are people who have figured out the exact, you know, Kanye West formula, the mix between "Graduation" and "808s," and were able to become more successful at it.

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do