Money to a writer is time to write.
Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.
The past is no farther away than your pillow.
The successful writer listens to himself.
Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.
Men always fear things which move by themselves.
Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.
Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.
People don’t vote. Instinct tells them it’s useless.
Journalism is the entertainment business.
Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.
Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.
Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.
Death makes a prophet’s voice louder.
The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence – roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam.
To stay awake all night adds a day to your life.
The most persistent principles in the universe are accident and error.
We are questioning more than the philosophy behind our dependence upon limited and limiting systems. We question the power structures that have grown up around such systems.
Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we’re compelled to face.
What I’m saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don’t condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.