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

One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.

The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not to live in."

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.

First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me.

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.

The same people own the media that own the White House that own the Congress that own the oil fields. They all work together to give a false view of the world to the American people.