I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living.
From Christopher Buckley
Catch-22's admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical.
The ideological distance between Jim Webb and Bertrand Russell can be measured in light years. An author who reaches both of them exerts something like universal appeal.
Catch-22's first readers were largely of the generation that went through World War II. For them, it provided a startlingly fresh take, a much-needed, much-delayed laugh at the terror and madness they endured.
We live - on a spinning planet in a world of spin.
We make our public servants jump through quite a few hoops, you know. We get hysterical if they accept a $50 lunch from a lobbyist. We get hysterical if they accept a ride on some corporate jet.
I certainly wish I were as good-looking as Aaron Eckhart.
I just write what comes along. I don't have a detailed master plan.
A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.
I am not a political thinker. I'm not even much of a thinker. I'm a hack novelist.
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