The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace..

Right is its own defense..

Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost - a family, a moment o….

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand..

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions..

Women like being kissed..

Happiness is not a place - it is a direction..

Temptation to behave is terrible..

The history of literature is the history of the human mind. It is, as compared with other histories, the intellectual as distinguished from the mater….

It's terrifying to have a voice right now. It's so terrifying, and it's so essential..

Everyone always says more than they're supposed to..

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul..

Get it right in your head - and you'll get it right in your life..

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary..

The history of literature is the history of the human mind..

It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it..

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes..

It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead..

Love more and openly..

Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous..

Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth..