The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal relationships that inevitably develop between politicians and journalists.

Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.

Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward.