Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are, to display their identity by their stance on what they are writing about. Criticism should never be about the critic, but thats what it has become, and that’s why no one cares about them anymore.

Things always work out for me because I do whatever I want without worrying about the consequences.

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.

To my friends and people I care about, I'm a really nice guy. No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean, that's not funny. I only write about the funny stuff.

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.

Most people's lives are nothing more than pointlessly frantic activity used as a psychological defense against their own impotence and fear.

The hardest lesson I've had to learn in my life is that my intelligence is inversely correlated to my humility. The more I thought I knew, the less I actually knew.