Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.

If you don't like my book, write your own.

One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"

Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.