The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.