The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am.

Astronauts: rotarians in outer space.

I write in different styles because I hear different voices in my head. It would be boring to have always the same voice, point of view.

The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.

Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy through change and reform. One can see why that word had to be erased from our political lexicon.

I'm not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution.

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?