Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suiside.

Einstein's E=mc2 is an extraordinary concept. So radical: matter and energy are two phases of the same sort of general stuff. There's only one other idea that radical: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren’t loved wherever they go, whatever they do.

Contemplating a purported work of art is a social activity. Either you have a rewarding time, or you don't. You don't have to say why afterward. You don't have to say anything.

Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me.

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.