You hear all this whining going on, "Where are our great writers?" The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?

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.

Next to "I win," "I told you so" are the sweetest words.

The worst thing to happen to Lincoln - aside from the unfortunate incident at Ford's theatre - was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.

But women are always attracted to power. I do not think there could ever be a conqueror so bloody that most women would not willingly lie with him in the hope of bearing a son who would be every bit as ferocious as the father.

We have a great deal to learn from Scandinavia and a great deal to be alarmed at from the Mediterranean.

If the splitter of hairs has a sharp enough knife, the fact of life itself can be chopped into nothing.