Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

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.

Sacred being is beauty.

That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel.

Actions, not knowledge, bring result.

When you can turn people on their head and shake them and no money falls out, then you know God's saying, "Move on, son."

Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.

Race makes things funny. A black guy driving in NASCAR: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Tide: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Aunt Jemima: hilarious.

Love is meant to be an adventure!!

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.

I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o'clock every day.