I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time.

I worship the quicksand he [Richard Nixon] walks in.

I'm working when I'm fighting with my wife. I constantly ask myself-how can I use this stuff to literary advantage.

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

The best things in life aren't things.

I learned quickly that when I made others laugh, they liked me.