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

I think the Chinese will say the hell with you and pull their money out of the United States. That's the end of our wars.

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

How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.

You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth as he sees it. And the politician must never give the game away.

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.