Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.

Since great writers communicate a vision of existence, one can't borrow their methods. The method is married to the vision.

There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.

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

You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant.