There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, you saved my dad's life.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Why are sex and violence always linked? I'm afraid they'll blur together in people's minds - sexandviolence - until we can't tell them apart. I expect to hear a newscaster say, "The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex."