Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.
The dog's life is a good life, for a dog.
There's nothing so obscene and depressing as an American Christmas.
What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.
Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of our time, and, of course, to promote esthetic bliss.