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.

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.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

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

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

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.