The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.

He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway.

It is not a fragrant world.

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country

Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a matter of style, situation, character, emotional tone, or idea, or half a dozen other things. It may also be a perfection of control over the movement of a story similar to the control a great pitcher has over the ball.