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.

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.

Nixon was a Southern Rim President, and so antipathetic to the old guard.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The U.S. Bill of Rights is being steadily eroded, with two million telephone calls tapped, 30 million workers under electronic surveillance, and, says the author, countless Americans harassed by a government that wages spurious wars against drugs and terrorism.

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true.

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.