Somebody has to keep score and I decided I was going to do it. I'm a born score-keeper and I realize, like an umpire, that my decisions may cause distress.

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.

Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively

Not all things are eligible to make you unhappy

Religions were never meant to be followed but thought for. It turned nasty when was turned into human ego, blasted straight out of furnace of hatred for fellow being.

If you fill your mind with wonderful thoughts, there can be no room left for doubt.

There are various ways of mending a broken heart, but perhaps going to a learned conference is one of the more unusual.

Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know it’s going to be okay.

What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.

One of these days, you're going to fall in love with some guy, and you're not going to know what to do with yourself.

You think you're the only one?" Theo said. "Everyone has scars. We just don't all wear them on the outside.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.