Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.