The Americans only like things they can label, even if it kills them. Think of those poor Latin American writers. Some of them are very good. But the "magical realism" label has absolutely ruined them. The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

It is not enough merely to win; others must lose.

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.