J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial.

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.

Narrow-minded provincialism: Sad to say but true - I am more interested in the mountain lions of Utah, the wild pigs of Arizona, than I am in the fate of all the Arabs of Araby, all the Wogs of Hindustan, all the Ethiopes of Abyssinia.

Mental degeneracy may be caused by lead poisoning. Or by a poor dip in the gene pool.

There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks.

When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.

This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.