This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.

My contact with [Cato] was strange. They're ideologues, like Trotskyites. All questions must be seen and solved within the true faith of libertarianism, the idea of minimal government. And like Trotskyites, the guys from Cato can talk you to death.

I once did a - the first piece on Malcolm X that anyone had ever seen in the - white press.

I've I call [Cardinal John O'Connor] from time to time and he calls me. And when I think there's something he ought to think about doing, I call him and he usually does it.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

I am optimistic. I have to be optimistic.

[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible.