This is a nation tragedy, of course - that we've changed from a society to an audience.

Maybe they invited me because they know I have a tuxedo

The name of the new religion, said Rumfoord, is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent. . . The two chief teachings of this religion are these: Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for.

If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

Our classes were relatively small. Those small classes can feel like family. After a class in French or chemistry or whatever, we'd be talking in the halls about what we just learned.