I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

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

The only people are those who don't love anybody.

I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the 'right people' were dying.

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.