Hell is being trapped in a night-club with the'beautiful people'and forced to live in a'luxury penthouse flat'.

Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with a passion for justice no nation has ever matched.

The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals], which is deeply rooted in human nature.

If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it.

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.