I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

Animal rights are not a gift we give to animals. They are a birthright we have taken from them.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

To help my muscles rebuild after I work out, I have a small serving of cottage cheese.

All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.

'The prison' begins well before its doors. It begins as soon as you leave your house - and even before.

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced.