Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.

The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

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

I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.

I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent.

I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.