"Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong."

"Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder."

"Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy."

"Americans like fat books and thin women."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful."

"I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career."

"Satire doesn't effect change."