I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that's just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

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

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Courage is the most important spiritual quality.

I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.

Your task is not to judge or punish. Karma will take care of that. Your task is to love.

You can't just talk politics all the time - it's boring.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness.

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

Ghost stories always creep me out and weird me out. Those are always interesting to watch.

We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!

Sometimes I like to vent.