My brain is sending poison to my heart.

A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy.

The lie, of course, is more interesting.

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean - make sure they know what they mean!

I have lots of notebooks around, because one great advantage of writing by hand-in addition to how much it slows you down-is that it makes me write at the speed that I feel I should be composing, rather than faster than I can think, which is what happens to me on any keyboard.

Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.

Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them.