The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

I think the role of the Federal Reserve is enormously exaggerated.

I'm certainly going to support Al Gore because, on the whole, he's the more sensible figure and you vote not for the perfect but for the best. Coupled with that is a special situation.

The miserable consumption of the poor is partly the result of the ostentatious demands of the rich. There isn't enough for both, and the latter get far more than they need...But could anything seriously be done about it?

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

All writers know that on some golden mornings they are touched by the wand; they are on intimate terms with poetry and cosmic truth. I have experienced these moments myself. Their lesson is simple: It's a total illusion. And the danger in the illusion is that you will wait for those moments.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.