Facts Are Lonely Things.

One Connection I See Between Novelists And Terrorists Is That We Both Attempt To Alter Consciousness.

Fame Requires Every Kind Of Excess. I Mean True Fame, A Devouring Neon, Not The Sombre Renown Of Waning Statesmen Or Chinless Kings.

Stories Are Consoling, Fiction Is One Of The Consolation Prizes For Having Lived In The World.

[i]n The American Soul There Is A Lonely Individual Standing In A Vast Landscape. 
he Is Either On A Horse Or Driving A Car, Depending, And Either Way He’s Carrying A Gun. 
this Is One Of The Essential Images In American Mythology.

The Question Of Dying Becomes A Wise Reminder. It Cures Us Of Our Innocence Of The Future.