We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.