The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

The word heterosexual is an adjective, the word homosexual is an adjective. They describe an activity. Of course there's a homosexual activity; of course there's a heterosexual activity. But there's no homosexual person. There's no heterosexual person. Everybody is everything.

Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica of the Roman or Venetian republics. They didn't even like the etymology of the word "democracy."

A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence.

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? To the designer of the camera? to the finger on the button? to the law of averages?

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

The Gores, I think, are a bit brighter than the Bushes, historically speaking.