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

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

Next to "I win," "I told you so" are the sweetest words.

I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise an army and seize the Capital. This strikes me as true democracy.

I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're going to do it whether you want to or not.~

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.

If the splitter of hairs has a sharp enough knife, the fact of life itself can be chopped into nothing.