Geniuses Never Pay Attention.

You've Never Heard Of Chaos Theory? Non-linear Equations? Strange Attractors? Ms. Sattler, I Refuse To Believe You're Not Familiar With The Concept Of Attraction.

In A Media-saturated World, Persistent Hype Lends Unwarranted Credulity To The Wildest Claims.

No One Escapes From Life Alive.

In Other Centuries, Human Beings Wanted To Be Saved, Or Improved, Or Freed, Or Educated. But In Our Century, They Want To Be Entertained. The Great Fear Is Not Of Disease Or Death, But Of Boredom. A Sense Of Time On Our Hands, A Sense Of Nothing To Do. A Sense That We Are Not Amused.

I Think Every Writer Should Have Tattooed Backwards On His Forehead, Like Ambulance On Ambulances, The Words 'everybody Needs An Editor.