“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.”

“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.”

“Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.”

“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”

“One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it.”

“The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is living fully and just existing.”