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

Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory.

That's what in theory differentiates a writer from everyone else. You see and hear more clearly.

Mirrors and images. Or sex and love. These are two separate systems that we miserably try to link.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean true fame, a devouring neon, not the sombre renown of waning statesmen or chinless kings.