Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.

It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.

Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.

Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.