The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.

I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course I have friends whose books are doing way better than mine.

The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top

If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me.