Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.

I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was.

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

I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures.

The meaning of life is to create meaning for your life.

The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them

You can't fill your emails with crap, at least not with my friends, because they're brutal. If something sucks, they'll tell you.