A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.

Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.

is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

the only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said.

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.

The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.