All good writers inspire me as I have never thought I was any good. As far as a writer who made me think I could do it, it was Henry Miller. Not because I thought he was so simple that I reckoned I could pull it off as well, but it was his freedom and guts that really moved me to want to write all the time.

Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.

Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness.

The only safety is in the middle of total misunderstanding and deception.

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.

I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside.