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Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

When I die, if the word ‘thong’ appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I’ve screwed up.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.