Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger
Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clans bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much. – Camille Paglia
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it. – Ernest Hemingway
Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girls clothes off. – Raymond Chandler
