I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.

Freud did some serious damage to American literature - a lot of writers began therapy in the 1940s, after which they all became terribly egocentric.

The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

Commercialism is doing well that which should not be done at all.

If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

I might become an ascetic, live in India. A little rice is about the best I can do now.