I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.

The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.

Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.

Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter.

New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.