Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

Wisdom is better than knowledge, for wisdom is simple but knowledge is complex.

The church should be setting the pace. The church should be taking its proper place of leadership in the nation . . .God help the church to wake up!

Riding hard for glory.

No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.

You're going to be a great player, kid.

WikiLeaks is literally the worst place in the world to try and plant a false story.

The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense.

Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.