Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.

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

Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.

There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.

Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.

Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.