My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like.

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.

If asked my opinion about virginity, I would say, "I'm opposed to it." I don't think it deserves to be celebrated, at any rate. Or at least, if I'm not opposed, I'm very highly skeptical and critical of it.

How is the United States at once the most conservative and commercial AND the most revolutionary society on Earth?