I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time. Now I know I was right to be nervous.

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia.

We must get rid of all the guns.

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

We would like to see, in the future, what we will probably call needs-based licensing of all weapons. ...Where it would make it much more difficult for anybody to be able to purchase handguns.

Halfway measures are not enough.

It [the Brady Bill] is not a panacea. It's not going to stop crimes of passion or drug-related crime.

We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue.

Form follows beauty.

Don't miss the moment. It's all we have

There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing begets writing.

[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.

Everybody hurts when you lose. But he takes it hard.

It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

Communists liked history very much. It just had to be the right history. They liked to remember it selectively.

He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Language is the spiritual exhalation of the nation.