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

I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.

The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent.

All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporation, the party of money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican.