For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the paper.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.