The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late.

In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.

The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.

Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It's bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it every time. Get my life back.

And entertainment has nothing to do with reality. Entertainment is antithetical to reality.