Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times.

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

Things are no longer what they seem to be. My telephones are haunted, and animals whisper at me from unseen places.

Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all.

it's 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.

Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.