I couldn't survive my own pessimism if I didn't have some kind of sunny little dream.

There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.

All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States - and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!

I chose cultural anthropology, since it offered the greatest opportunity to write high-minded balderdash.

What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike. The oligarchs were furious because the working class was not supposed to have any power at all.

It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.

This is what I find encouraging about the writing trades: ... They allow lunatics to seem saner than sane.