I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.

I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.

Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.

I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.

I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.