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

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.

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.

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

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

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.