There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please.

Man developed in Africa. He has not continued to do so there.

The collegiate idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.

I'm really tired of virtue.

I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.

If I do, I say so. That's the only way out of that. If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words "I don't know." I mean, there are certain basic principles, like the dignity of the individual and the individual's responsibility, and certain basic economic principles, like how when something costs less, more of it will be consumed... There are certain things that I feel pretty confident about.

I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.