There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

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.

Failure is falling up!

Create new avenues in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose.

He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

As Plato insisted two thousand years ago, it is not by means of the image that moral, ethical, or political knowledge is produced.

I asked that I not be considered for vice president of the United States.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

Television is the menace that everyone loves to hate but can't seem to live without.

I was a 21-year-old kid back then and I had my whole career in front of me. We were so close to reaching the World Cup and then we all woke up the next morning to realize our dreams had been dashed.

The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace.