The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.

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

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.

Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made up a sicker religion. It's no wonder that those brought up in such a culture hate life and enjoy inflicting pain. All societies are sick but some are sicker than others. Christian societies are certainly the sickest.

Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with the same equanimity as life. No longer will children's minds be twisted by evil gods whose fantastic origin is in those barbaric tribes who feared death and lightning, who feared life. That's it: life is the villain to to those who preach reward in death, through grace and eternal bliss, or through dark revenge.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

If you want to rise in politics in the United States, there is one subject you must stay away from, and that is politics.