Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide.

She took my hand and pulled me after her, her shoulders giving off a sweet peppermint concoction that the bodies of young women sometimes produce to make my life more difficult.

I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love?

Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide.

Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.

In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more like Russia: a kleptocratic society.

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.