The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

I have seen the future, and it works.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

He found me when I was at my lowest point.

Willfully polluting the ground with AC electricity is just another aspect of how the electrical utility companies will be remembered by the next generation.

Cars are not a suit of clothes; cars are an avatar. Cars are an expansion of yourself: they take your thoughts, your ideas, your emotions, and they multiply it.

Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.

For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth

There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible.

A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.

Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith he longed for.