The intelligent Trump supporter will be someone who is so cynical about politics that he wants the world blown up, and doesn't care if the person doing the blowing up is an obnoxious, infantile vulgarian. I don't know where to find these people. Do you?

I personally favor old mechanical watches, but my snobbery does not extend to demanding that all people wear them. My snobbery demands that no one wear a digital.

I think we too often go soft in trying to spare people the agony of confronting reality.

I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.

You should support Israel not because it is Jewish but because it is a sane, secular democracy. You want Lebanon to be at peace. You don't care much about Kuwait.

I think Hillary Clinton will make a fine president, and (most important) I am comfortable with her making gigantic, momentous decisions.