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

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

I'm in favor of sexual encounters.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.

I'm in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing argument to the contrary.