The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

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.

You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.

You can break the walls of limitations with the power of your dreams and imagination.

Indulge, and to thy genius freely give, For not to live at ease is not to live.

I didn't try to be something I wasn't.

You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat?

I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.

All that was left for me was a terrible kind of paralysis, this waiting game, this heartbreak game.

And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.

Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.