Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out that they've been waiting rather than living.

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.

Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.

Novelists never have to footnote.