Lionel Shriver : (6)

" While one can’t always begrudge the wealth of people who have at least produced something of value, the rich of the financial world don’t make anything but more money. They’re not creative, aside from, perhaps, in accounting. " - Lionel Shriver

" Reality doesn’t have to be plausible. Reality can be as preposterous as it pleases. " - Lionel Shriver

" In Shaker Heights, Ohio, one of America’s first planned communities, order and harmony are prized. " - Lionel Shriver

" The dumbest childhood vow I ever made was to finish every book I started. " - Lionel Shriver

" For pity’s sake, if you don’t take a shine to a novel, there are loads more in the world; read something else. Continue suffering, and it’s not the author’s fault. It’s yours. " - Lionel Shriver

" There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian character or couple. That was good news as a voucher of the success of the gay rights movement, but it still grew a bit tiresome: ‘Look at us! Our show is so hip, one of the characters is homosexual!’ " - Lionel Shriver