Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.

Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.

What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.