The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.

Each my book feels like my last book. And then I think, like a dedicated alcoholic, that one more won't do me any harm.

Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so he replied cautiously, "None active," as if wives were volcanoes.