But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.

Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.

If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.

My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.

Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.