Human existence had to have a deeper source than our own dank fluids. Dank or rank. There had to be a force behind it, a principal being who was and is and ever shall be.

Time is a corporate asset now. It belongs to the free market system. The present is harder to find... The future becomes insistent.

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.

I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction to biography.

If the world is where we hide from ourselves, what do we do when the world is no longer accessible? We invent a false name, invent a destiny, purchase a firearm through the mail.

There is no lie in war or preparation of war that can't be defended.