"I’m not a bleeding-heart liberal. I’m a pragmatic liberal."

"The brain is a calculator, an especially powerful one, but it's not a heart."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"Jessica was another little sparrowfart with more pimples than brains."

"I have a writing room. Actually, it's a one-room studio. There's even a couch. And if you think that's pretentious, go fuck yourself."