Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combinedwith the imperative of accomplishing nothing.

From the moment of your birth, you have a calling

Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries.

The enlightened being can look through states of mind, but they are also outside of them.

Beate the dog before the Lyon.

I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to ever let you down.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight.

Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast. I'm not talking about onset or duration. I mean the quality of the insanity, the day-to-day business of being nuts.

We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.