The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.

Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.

Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.

We like to pile language on language. Hunter [ S. Thompson] was an influence on me, no doubt about it.

Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food, and Dan Quayle confused with a national political leader, masochists are clearly less mixed-up than the rest of us.

There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.

Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation's capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead of glorified stenographers.