She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common.

The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way. A private personal selfish egotistical motivation. That’s the only way I function. That’s all I am.

I am interested in politics only in order to secure and protect freedom.

Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are not the result of a free economy.

Are my characters copies of people in real life? ... Don't ever believe the stories about authors putting people into novels. That idea is a kind of joke on both authors and readers. All the readers believe that authors do it. All the authors know that it can't be done.

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.