The monsters demand less of you as a writer because they're probably closer to who you are.

You have to attempt to find new forms that will force you to write freshly and better and hopefully more truthfully.

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about anything. There is never any more beauty than there is now. There is no more joy or wonder or sorrow than there is now, nor perfection, nor any more evil nor any more good than there is now.

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything.

When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.