Realism has always been called cynicism.

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

The only absolute attainment is absolute abandonment.

I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I’m doing fiction.

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

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.