You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

My grandfather used to say, "Learn to like art, music and literature deeply and passionately. They will be your friends when things are bad". It is true: at this time of year, when days are short and dark, and one hardly dares to open the newspapers, I turn, not vainly either, to the great creators of the past for distraction, solace and help.

John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

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.

You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with them.