By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing ability to cope with disaster which is so perfectly balanced by their absolute inability to deal with success

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.

I write in different styles because I hear different voices in my head. It would be boring to have always the same voice, point of view.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.

When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses believe almost anything you want, and guide them as you please.

Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians.