I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

Think about last time you were broke ... now how well did it go with spending your way out of it? Did that work?

Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money.

One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793.

Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?

One of the reporters must have flunked journalism school because he asked a question that went straight to the point.