"The unfed mind devours itself."

"How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself."

"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."

"Write something, even if it's just a suicide note."

"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."

"The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return."

"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either."

"Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little."

"The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself."