Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

The tension between the governed and the governing is what makes the world go 'round. It's not love, it's that tension, because that tension exists in love affairs. The whole idea of control is at the heart of human relationships. Control and resistance to control.

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.