History is too important to be left to the historians.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

A police state is a country run by criminals

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Storytelling has a narcotic power.