I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

If a man is cruel, he destroy himself.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.

There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.

Your awareness has its source in unity. Instead of seeking outside yourself, go to the source to realize who you are.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

His most frequent ailment was the headache which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee.

I am realistic – I expect miracles.