“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”

“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”

“Stairs to success are made of people.”

“So many authors, so little time to disqualify them!”

“Writing is beautiful, like putting on a gold suit and going to sleep in it.”

“In women he doesn’t trust! He is an atheist.”

“They would sweep their poverty under the carpet if only they had one.”

“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far.”