The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.

The fact that we've been a great democracy doesn't mean we will automatically keep being one if we keep waving the flag.

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.

The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent.

Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses.

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.