I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it's too discouraging.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Don't bother about those who can't understand you, because they don't deserve you for what you are.

Whenever two good people argue over principles they are both right.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.

there is a tendency in part of Wall Street people to pay excessive attention to the most recent figures and the present financial picture.

Be happy and comfortable with who you are, whoever it may be.

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

Arguably, in business books, I don't think there's much that has never been said before.

I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor.

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.