The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.
I'm going to book-and-author dinners, and I'm the author!
My art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.
There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.
Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
Every writer is a writer of the generation before.
I always liked spy stories.
Difficult questions can have simple answers.
My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.
There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions.
There was no one around me who didn't work hard.
Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.
When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.
After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
One's nature is like a mountain
Beauty was a curse to be borne, not a blessing.