Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

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

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

There are artists with palettes and easels selling the kind of modern art that Soviet art critics used to critique with bulldozers. Judging by the paintings I saw, the Soviets were right the first time.

Then there's politics. Just imagine politics with its dumbbell element subtracted. There would be no Republican candidates. There would be no Democratic voters. The whole system would collapse.

Mike had called me and said he could offer me less, and I said, "You're on!" Because I was really excited with what Mike Kelly was doing, and now what Cullen Murphy is doing with Atlantic. It's a really cool magazine.

The only time a bachelor's bed is made is when it's in the factory.