In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they describe it, could not be committed between a man and his wife, the entire square burst into laughter.

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

You can only have a war with another country. You can't have a war with bad temper or a war against paranoids.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Little Bush says we are at war, but we are not at war because to be at war Congress has to vote for it. He says we are at war on terror, but that is a metaphor, though I doubt if he knows what that means. It's like having a war on dandruff, it's endless and pointless.