The novelist ... must live in paranoia and seek to be one with the world; he must be terrified of experience and hungry for it; he must think himself nothing and believe he is superior to all.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San Francisco is a lady

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.