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.

I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out.

Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.

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

If you're a critic of the rulers of the United States, you are either demonized, or you are trivialized by the press, and they do a very good job of making you into a non-person or a ridiculous person.

We have a great deal to learn from Scandinavia and a great deal to be alarmed at from the Mediterranean.

In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.