War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies.

I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.

The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene.