In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.

The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal angst and anomie, cascades of short stories and rivers of novels obsessed with the nuances of domestic relationships - suburban hanky-panky - chic boutique shopping mall literary soap opera. When they do speak out on matters of controversy they attack not the evils of our time but fellow writers who may insist on complaining.

A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.

In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.