“A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.”

“Ben smiled back, 'Mark Twain said a novel was a confession to everything by a man who had never done anything.”

“You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.”

“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.”

“Let’s take the focus off “fat” and put it on health. Let’s take the focus off “skinny” and put it on good common sense. Let’s take the focus off body image and put it on education, women’s rights, human rights, the economy, baseball cards, anything.”

“What's with the "iMagic" name change?' I said without preamble.'Industrial Magic was a bit of a mouthful,' he explained. 'Besides, putting an "i"in front of anything makes it more hip and current.”