On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

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There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a...

When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a...

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.