Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.

The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

In history-as-politics, the 'future' is that vacuum in time waiting to be filled with the antics of statesmen.

An empty man is full of himself.

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.

Only the half-mad are wholly alive.