Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.

The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, Where did you get the watch?

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.