El Salvador has the scenery of northern California and the climate of southern California plus - and this was a relief - no Californians.

You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does.

Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.

They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.

Michael O'Donoghue was a very close friend of mine - very encouraging with my stuff, and really a great guy - but he was a no-kidding difficult person.