The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.

No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.

Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.

It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.