I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh again.

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it.

Advertising is a conscienceless industry, populated by cowards and idiots, that warps and drains everyone. It eggs on the worst in all of us. If I could eliminate either advertising or nuclear weapons, I would choose advertising.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia.

Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he's a sovereign in his tiny domain, it's just an adaptation to life.