All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!

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.

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.

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

I believe it's my pastoral duty to convert friends to atheism.