That's what the Ivy League is. And many of the people there are legacy. Their families went there; their families are in government. The kids go there.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Make the most of What you have, When you have it, Where you are.

I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings.

They lived and laughed and loved and left.

You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.

God does not believe in our God.

One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent and forceful interest in politics.

Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.