You keep out of my bed, ” said Danny, for he knew that Joe Portagee had come to stay. The way he sat in a chair and crossed his knees had an appearance of permanence.

Every daring adventure opens a new magnificent frontier.

[H]ow can something cease to exist that has no solid existence in the first place?

Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.

I know it’s stupid to not own a gun yet have so many triggers, but in some other world gigantic seashells hold humans to their ears and listen to the echo of machines.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.