We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

Good night, and good luck.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

A bookstore is one of the many pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

He's asleep in the harbor, disguised as dog shit.

You've got a deep core of sweetness that's quite incorruptible.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.

The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes.

Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them. It's what being human is all about.

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us, don't take us for granted!

There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship.

The usefulest truths are the plainest.