the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.

Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.

I'm sure it's not all hot buttered crumpets out there in the breathing world of asphalt and heartbeats.

What is without dispute...is that the readers need [the BookWorld] just as much as we need them—to bring order to their apparent chaos, if nothing else.

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.

I know you can read me, and I can often hear your thoughts too. Makes for an interesting relationship, don't you think?

Most people hate to say no - but not nearly as much as other people hate to hear it.

If you stay in the running-if you have endurance-you are bound to win over those who haven't.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

I do situate myself in this problem of being a Jew who doesn't want to be represented by the state of Israel, a state that claims to represent all Jewish people and make me into a potential citizen.

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.

To make a war, sometimes it is necessary that everyone guess wrong.

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.