Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.

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.

Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

Persist. Practice. Experiment. Imagine. Do your best work, and all else will follow.

So I needed to be womanised. I was losing my sheen.

She sagged against the wall, finding it hard to breathe. It wasn’t from fear. Gods, she hadn’t been that turned on in years. If that was her punishment, she was going to be lippy a little more often

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Life is about making an impact, not making an income.

This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed.

The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.

My favorite place to shop is: any Duane Reade.

The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.