Oppressed people are treacherous for the simple reason that treachery is both a means of survival and a way to curry favor with one's oppressor.

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

The proliferation of support groups suggests to me that too many Americans are growing up in homes that do not contain a grandmoth.

Agoraphobia was my quirky armor against a gregarious America.

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to throw telephone poles at each other.

Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.