Every great novel is a journey into the unknown, both for the writer and the reader.

Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I’d rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that’s just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.