"True love can be defined as the love of a good woman and a good cigar."

"I don't know what it is about humanity, but we're always trying to make things worse for ourselves."

"I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex."

"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reasons ever to hate."

"The only way to write honestly is to be honest about yourself."