Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.

I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.

One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.

Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.

Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role.

Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.