Never offend an enemy in a small way.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great player any longer. And when we come home - as we will have to do because we've run out of money - we will discover that Argentine debts means Argentine politics. And on that note, you can wake up in the middle of the night.

I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time.

What matters finally is not the world's judgment of oneself but one's own judgment of the world.... Any writer who lacks this final arrogance will not survive very long in America.

Age bothers everybody. I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was.

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.