If you lie to me, keep lying; don’t hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.
Don’t complain too loud about wrongs done to you; you may give ideas to your less imaginative enemies.
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
No author should be considered as having failed until he starts teaching others about writing.
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.
Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories.
Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.