Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.

Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead.

Here is the solution to the American drug problem suggested a couple years back by the wife of our President: "Just say no.

That’s the secret of artistic unity. Anybody can achieve it, if he or she will make something with only one person in mind.

The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said, “To provide touches of color in rooms with all-white walls.” Another one said, “To describe blow-jobs artistically.

I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well. And I don't use semicolons. It's hard to read anyway, especially for high school kids. Also, I avoid irony, too. I don't like people saying one thing and meaning the other.

Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer.