Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but only on a superficial level. They'd never risk market share to really explore the issues. They report, but don't analyze or suggest any new ways for living our lives.

People take conventional ways that other people have always decorated their cars, and use them as ways of giving other people permission to approach them.

The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid. The same went for curing crazy people.

You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?

I still love him so much I'll hide any amount of conjugated estrogen in his food. So much I'll do anything to destroy him.

To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost.

I have a lot of money.