One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.

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.

I love scary movies. I like blood and gore, and I love Halloween movies.

Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!

So immediately I'm trying to think: What are some of these times when we feel we're losing our hold on Christ, and what's the fear we're trying to address? I try to get into that quickly.

I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything.

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe

I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

When money is exchanged for pregnancy, some believe, surrogacy comes close to organ-selling, or even baby-selling.

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.