"Every time I write a book, I try to make it as good as I can, and then I hope that people will read it."

"The only way to be happy is to be yourself."

"It's a very bad idea to get in the way of a writer who's trying to write."

"The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead."

"The function of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible."