If Henry Miller often sounded like a village idiot, it is because, like Whitman, he was the rest of the village as well.

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

God, or what have you, will not be found at the far end of a syllogism, no matter how brilliantly phrased or conceived.

Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects.

We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well, this has been a squinting, walleyed time to be born in.

Having no talent is no longer enough.

I spend most of my time in California. I feel I am fueled by rage and by the political climate there. I am angry most of the time when I am there, which might be unbearable for someone else, but for me it's fuel for my writing.