Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky, undefined started to rise from the mists.

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but of the men who read reports of them aloud.

The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him.

We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the peasants, as long as it was televised to their huts.

Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.

Any religion which demands death for other people is itself worthy of nothing less than it expects for others. In fact, it is probably long overdue.

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it even if bad to a classic.

I don't know whether I am different from other people. Perhaps I am. Perhaps no one has a personality, and people are inventing themselves in the context in which they find themselves.

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.

When the thick layers of dark clouds occupy the sky, if there is no wind at all to sweep them away, start blowing with courage and belief

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.

Life is a race. If you delay starting, how can you have any hope of winning?

I get recognised sometimes, and that's really cool. I've tried certain disguises, but that doesn't work.