I certainly didn't emerge from prison regretting anything I ever wrote, nor did I feel remorse for my crime in the least.
Jim GoadThe idea of "karma" reeks of primitive religious superstition, so I don't place a lot of stock in it.
Jim GoadI think that 99% of the snipers who take shots at me from electronic foxholes also realize they could never withstand the sort of public disparagement, nor the revelation of so many personal details, that I've endured for years and still remain as impenitent, obnoxious, and ready to argue all critics into the dirt as I am. I think this also jacks up their hatred level, because they realize they'd never be so strong-willed.
Jim GoadMost of those who spend their lives as critics secretly wish they'd be considered important enough for someone to bother criticizing them.
Jim GoadThe idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always seems amusingly alien to me.
Jim GoadI'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US president whose SAT score has been made public. I even scored higher than ex-presidential candidate Al Gore, whose SAT score was so high, it was deemed as potentially off-putting to voters.
Jim Goad