The Apologizer Bunny keeps going and going and going.

because the theater lost a Barrymore every time a Southerner decided not to go on the stage, just about anything that comes out of a Southern mouth is bound to be a ringing line.

Why do I hate people? Who else is there to hate?

Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy their lives as well as their talent. The fatal flaws of Elvis, Judy, and Marilyn register much higher on our national applause meter than their living achievements. In Amerca, talent is merely a tool for becoming famous in life so you can become more famous in death - where all are equal.

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

If whisky or salt won't cure it, then to hell with it. I worry about important things.