There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over.

A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work you're in bad trouble." And it may be true.