it is either make this thing permanent inside of you or forever just climb draggled up into the conning tower every time for one short glimpse of the horizon.

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.