Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

I'm in favor of sexual encounters.

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they describe it, could not be committed between a man and his wife, the entire square burst into laughter.

The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent.

God, or what have you, will not be found at the far end of a syllogism, no matter how brilliantly phrased or conceived.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.