The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, read more

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.

My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was read more

My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was pretty upset. I did get to talk to her in the ambulance, so that made things better.

Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a read more

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval read more

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy had—a life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

This is an escalation that we have been expecting, ... The government of Iraq is determined to confront the enemies.

This is an escalation that we have been expecting, ... The government of Iraq is determined to confront the enemies.

Pete Sessions now has a responsibility to explain why he became an advocate for Malaysia after this trip, whereas before read more

Pete Sessions now has a responsibility to explain why he became an advocate for Malaysia after this trip, whereas before he had shown no interest at all.

There is a structural problem in the rural economy and a structural problem in the urban economy, that's really the read more

There is a structural problem in the rural economy and a structural problem in the urban economy, that's really the story, ... It's really coincidental that everything has gone bad at one time.

It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts.

It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts.