Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.

My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.

What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.