I'm a much worse guest than I am a host, and I'm not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

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.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.

How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest ruling class that I have ever come across in history. It's been two hundred years at it. It's superb.