Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

The Gores, I think, are a bit brighter than the Bushes, historically speaking.

The fool is often oblivious of his own gaucherie.

Most writers are middle-class and are the children of doctors or lawyers.

Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and one is called "Democratic." It is the same party so it makes no difference whether a Democrat's elected or a Republican's elected. The ownership remains the same.

If you want to rise in politics in the United States, there is one subject you must stay away from, and that is politics.