Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

He looked from the phone to the unconscious figure of the Salesman. "What did you do to him?" he asked. "He got the wrong number," Alex said.

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories.