Truth is truth, though from an enemy, and spoken in malice.
I promote my own self-hatred.
I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.
I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.
Personally, I've never had it as a goal in life to be happy. Seems impossible to achieve. Even the Declaration of Independence seems to acknowledge this. They talk about the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself.
I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.
Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena.
If Max [Aitken] gets to Heaven he won't last long. He will be chucked out for trying to pull off a merger between Heaven and Hell. . . after having secured a controlling interest in key subsidiary companies in both places, of course.
Now the canvas is not just my country Pakistan, but now the canvas is the entire world. Now the canvas is the entire ummah (Muslim nation).
The great European novel started out as entertainment, and every true novelist is nostalgic for it. In fact, the themes of those great entertainments are terribly serious-think of Cervantes!