I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

A lot of critics think I'm stupid because my sentences are so simple and my method is so direct: they think these are defects. No. The point is to write as much as you know as quickly as possible.

...we took the 10 machines we agreed were the most beguiling, and we put them on permanent exhibit in the foyer of this library underneath a sign whose words can surely be applied to this whole ruined planet nowadays: THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE

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

I don't think there would be many jokes, if there weren't constant frustration and fear and so forth. It's a response to bad troubles like crime.

God damn it, you've got to be kind.