The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed

To greet each day ossified

Your efforts extend like ripples on the ocean, much further than you know.

Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?

When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

It's interesting, gender versus race. I think people say that to women more: 'Oh, you're my favorite female.' They wouldn't say 'favorite black comic.'

I love working with smart-funny people.