Just because you see an iceberg does not mean that there isn't global warming.

I think, as we all learn as a child, you have to learn to tolerate ambiguity better and I'm still terrible at it and I hate it; even the word ambiguity makes me sick to me stomach.

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

It’s been a tough couple of years for condescending nerds. And if bookstores fall, Jon, America will be inundated with a wandering, snarky underclass of unemployable purveyors of useless and arcane esoterica.

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

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

When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not going be what you hope it can be.