I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

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 have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

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

I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

I don't know what the universe is all about, but to me, nothing is gained by slapping a God sticker on it. It has never been a comfort to me to believe there's an all-seeing eye in the sky.