Lay low, play dumb, keep moving.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.

I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

The rise of Trump is a repudiation of 30 years of bipartisan treason and failure.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Donald Trump is perfectly made up. He's perfectly coiffed. He's perfectly lit.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to die in two unwinnable wars makes sense.

The gods have become our diseases.

Writing to please all readers is like cooking without seasoning …

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

Art changes all the time, but it never "improves." It may go down, or up, but it never improves as technology and medicine improve.

It's the courage to stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

My politics just kind of developed over time as a reaction.