Shortly before death comes nostalgia.
Nov 072012
Nov 062012
Fiction is like sugar — healthful when scarce, toxic in the great gobs in which we actually ingest it.
Nov 052012
The practicing capitalist is a capitalist; the practicing anarchist is a terrorist; the practicing socialist is a thief.
Nov 022012
Design is the residue of luck.
Nov 012012
Get-rich-quick schemes do less harm than get-wise-quick ones.
Oct 312012
One’s writing should be as clear as the subject allows, but no clearer.
Oct 302012
Knowing the answer does not oblige you to raise your hand.
Oct 292012
Money doesn’t solve problems, it dissolves them.
Oct 262012
The self-justifying utterances of murderers, thieves, cowards, blowhards, and madmen all enter the quote books under Shakespeare.
Oct 252012
Jobs are like jail, except with time added for good behavior.