The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
Big Brother is home. He is installed in the item you just dragged home from the Apple store.
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.
What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I'm a villain. Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.
You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.
We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we have and to do something that is meaningful and satisfying. This is something that I find meaningful and satisfying. . . I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards.
The only way to keep a secret is to never have one.
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.
The Muppets are no joke. They are for real. Each one has an agent and manager and all that stuff. I'm not even kidding.
You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.
That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.