Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

• It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
• As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
• Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
• In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.
• Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
• The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
• Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
• A good deed never goes unpunished.
• 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.
• Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.