One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.

I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.

I can't predict how reading habits will change. But I will say that the greatest loss is the paper archive - no more a great stack of manuscripts, letters, and notebooks from a writer's life, but only a tiny pile of disks, little plastic cookies where once were calligraphic marvels.

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.