The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

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.

Can I really take God at his word?

Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid only of standing still.

Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.

So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.

We should allow them to be who they are, because then we end up with healthy kids.

I think when we were starting off, I picked a group of women to represent me. The top tiers of everyone that I've worked with are women. It felt more comfortable because they can relate to me.

My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.

Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.

Love breeds tolerance, tolerance breeds peace. ... Love cannot be indifferent. It does not know how.

Just as science is more immediate and exciting than the history of science, so is insight more compelling than a history of insight.