You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.

Elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one.

I love writing. I'm not particularly comfortable in the actual world - I'm much more comfortable on the page. So if I could have a life where I could just slip the pages under the door and somebody would slip me a meal back, then that would be perfect for me.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.