I have always found men quite fathomable. They look entirely to their own interest.

Without communism ... our state lacks a Wizard of Oz to terrify all the people all the time. So the state looks inward, at the true enemy, who turns out to be - who else? the people of the United States.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

I suppose my liking for Italy is partly atavism, my family are of the old Roman stock. They came from the Alps north of Venice.

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic.

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.