What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.

It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.