Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark

You can't make every wrong decision right but you can stop deciding to take another wrong action.

I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently.

Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

I have created the Raven in my own image over the years and insist that mine is the version of this personality that is correct - well, at least it is correct as far as I am concerned.

I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle to come from that perspective.

It's not good enough to just know what to say about the policy; it's really important to take the extra step to learn the policy, to be able to understand it, and articulate it.

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.

... the main concern of the fiction writer is with mystery as it is incarnated in human life.

Do you think that it is possible to have a mere taste of commonness? Either one hates it or makes common cause with it.

Vampires are so sexy and powerful - they're so otherworldly; they have eternal life and youth.