A huge number of Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11. You have a people that don't know anything about the rest of the world, and you have leaders who lie to them, lie to them, and lie to them.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians.

The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.

Having no talent is no longer enough.

I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground.