Things aren't black and white in the world.

You keep wondering whether people will see that Barack Obama is a liar and not very bright.

I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.

College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

I'm dreaming of a white president. Just like the ones we've always had. A real live white man. Who knows the score, how to handle money or start a war. Wouldn't even have to tell me what we were fighting for. He'd be the right man, if he were a white man.