What's good and bad, sweet spirit, are in the eye of the beholder.

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

I'm still an obsessive personality, and I still think I'm right, and I still believe my literary balls hang far lower than nearly anyone else's alive.

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

When you're indiscriminate in allowing people to post, the loudest and emptiest voices invariably drown out everyone else.

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor that men do.

Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.