Never have varmints, only grandvarmints.

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.

Keeping your heart open provides the opportunity for greater intimacy.

Make Hard Work Your Best Friend. Hard Work becomes Smart Work

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented The New York Review of Books.

We're all controlled neurotics.

Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.

The human species is no more unsuited to give birth than any other of the 5,000 or so species of mammals on the planet. We are merely the most confused.

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

Photos represent primarily a seductive but deleterious short cut.

When I write, I put aside the heterosexual world to admit a muse that is a woman-loving-woman female.