I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The first draft of anything is really just a track.

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.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all fre

It is amazing how sharing of one’s intimate details can make human beings forget the formality of a relationship and bring them closer together.

I write because sometimes I feel I cannot breathe...until I do.

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

I feel nowadays that both women and men are embracing their individuality rather than being defined by gender roles.

As a working mom, I struggle to find time to work out and go for runs. I usually run two to three times a week and work out with a trainer once a week. I try to go for a longer run on Sundays.

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?

Opposition to a man in love is like oil to fire.

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.