I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety.

Feeling no remorse must be a blessing when all you have are your memories

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Capitalism, perhaps at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times.

It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.

No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.