One can become quite used to the specter of the eternal Footman, like some lethal old bore lurking in the hallway at the end of the evening, hoping for the chance to have a word. And I don't so much object to his holding my coat in that marked manner, as if mutely reminding me that it's time to be on my way. No, it's the snickering that gets me down.

There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.

I'd like to prove to other people that it's not the end of everything to be diagnosed with cancer.

I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.

Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.

The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious.

The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.