“There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.”

The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.

There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.

What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.

He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.

Insanity is contagious.

Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.

Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.

I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom.

She was his laughter, that filled the air passages with freedom of living, his creator of smiles.