I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.

People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.

Every battle, every war - is fought for things worth dying for.

I adore [my son]. I wouldn't trade him in for a Pulitzer - unless someone actually offered that as an option.

You can't make cheese from rats. ... It's hard enough just milking the little beggars.

Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the value of the words, unbound from the speaker.

A little is fine, but the minute you start believing that you've picked the only right one out of the 4,200 or so on offer, you need to get a grip on yourself. Once you start thinking that it's okay to hate someone that chose one of the 4,199 others... snap out of it.