When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.

Russian talk of political evil is as natural as eating.

The government, the state, they're just objects of jokes rather than serious consideration. I can't possibly take them seriously.

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything.

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.

Geography blended with time equals destiny.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse