I deny that there's such a thing as a gay person. I deny there's such a thing as a heterosexual person.

I said, well, it's a very primitive country, the United States, and it's full of superstitions, which come out of a very fundamental religious bias, which is primitive Christianity.

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.

It is not enough merely to win; others must lose.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.

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