I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.
Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?