I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place

I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

The American vice is explanation.

I liked the trichotomy, that's the only thing I ever liked.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do.

When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god, the whites were able to pretend that their conquests were in order to bring the One God to everyone, particularly those with older and subtler religions.