People in my situation get to read about themselves whether they want to or not. It's generally wrong. Or oversimplified - which is sometimes useful.

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 guess this is a message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.

I could get through this. I would be strong because I was so close to achieving my dream of having my kids together.

Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely identify.

The days draw out, the weather gets warmer, and it's what we call summer, with a bitter laugh when we've said it.

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made - so we believe - to serve one another, not just ourselves.

It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.

I have since written what no tide Shall ever wash away, what men Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide And find Ianthe's name agen.

When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.