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

As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.

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.

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

The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

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.