These little books I write, such as The End of Freedom, about the post-9/11 political climate in the United States, sell in the hundreds of thousands of copies. Whereas, I hear novels on marriage are not selling. This is perhaps not the judgment of God, but it is certainly that of history.

Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.

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.

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

The same people own the media that own the White House that own the Congress that own the oil fields. They all work together to give a false view of the world to the American people.

Sex was a great no-no for Americans, so that was obviously an attraction to the writers, and since sex is a great part of most people's lives, it's a great subject.

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