Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy through change and reform. One can see why that word had to be erased from our political lexicon.

In large Victorian houses with many rooms and heavy doors, the occupants could be mysterious and exciting to one another in a way that those who live in rackety developments can never hope to be. Not even the lust of a Lord Byron could survive the fact of Levittown.

It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

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

The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all.

To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it's practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don't.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.