Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.'

Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.'

This is a war universe. War all the time. There may be other universes, but ours seems to be based on war and games.

I detest limitations of any kind, and intend to establish my ass some place where I am a virgin on the police blotter.

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

I read a lot of books for information, like doctor books, spy books. . . .

Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that the book is completely unimportant without saying exactly why, and carefully avoiding any clear images that could capture the reader's full attention.