The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over, and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

I think being dead isn't any problem. It's the process of dying which is quite off-putting.

There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention, make them laugh, make them like you. But what makes being a barrister less satisfying than being a writer is, finally, that it's about what someone else wants you to say.

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

The assumption that everyone in government is a bad actor imperils our democracy.