The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter.

Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.

With intellectuals, moral thought is often less a tonic that quickens ethical action than a narcotic that deadens it.