“There is no other escape like a book. Reading expands your mind and opens your world to a myriad of possibilities.”

“Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.”

“When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.”

“If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.”

“The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one’s soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive – you are leaking.”

“I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.”

“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.”