I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure.

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.

Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.

Why certain political classes want purposefully to keep Americans in a state of perpetual debt and uncertainty and why certain people don't want a middle class - because middle class creates a certain happiness. You know what I mean?

Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

I know nothing about letting go.