"Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the sciences."

“The uncomfortable truth is that we all enjoyed the party far too much to query where all the booze was coming from. Now we seem intent on lynching the barman for letting us get drunk and attacking the Government for letting us get a hangover.”

“I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.”

“There are only two markets, ultraluxury and subsidized housing.”

Source : "Sky High and Going Up Fast: Luxury Towers Take New York" by Charles V. Bagli, www.nytimes.com. May 18, 2013.

“Most African Americans, if given a chance, would have chosen to be 'just Americans' ever since the first of us was brought here to Jamestown colony in 1619, a year before the Mayflower landed. But that choice has never been left up to us.”

Source : Clarence Page (1997). “Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race and Identity”, Harper Perennial

“A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.”

“With any medium you are working in, technical skills obviously help, but your mind is what you really need to expand. That is how you create work. That's the role of the artist - to change the way you view things.”

“I saw 'Paranormal Activity' on Halloween with all my friends. It scared me, but it was so much fun.”

“My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know.”