Quality should never be compromised for speed.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
The novel is a form of exploration, a way of understanding the world and our place in it.
Legal systems are not merely systems of rules, but also systems of power.
The question I ask myself like almost every day is, 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'
I'm a catalyst for change... You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.