I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.

I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

I am a great admirer of women.

Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.

Smoking crack is a way for people who couldn't afford college to study the works of Charles Darwin.

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