Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work.

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life.....many people may say they were crazy risks.

When all you've got is a hammer, bad service looks like a nail.

Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.

Storms purify the atmosphere.

No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well.

If Québec separates I will go with it, my loyalties are with Québec

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

I've always gotten along with guys better.