"I talk about going to his Inauguration and smiling when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to "wre…"

"...the huge Jackson Pollock canvas that is the U.S.A.: vast, murky, splotched and slapped together by a drunk."

"Frank Sinatra is the first punk... punk comes out of nowhere... punk is... a rumor that spreads... that guts and pers…"

"...Clemenza's overriding responsibility is to his family. He takes a moment out of his routine madness to remember th…"

"Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know."

"Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?"

"In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring br…"

"The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government."

"Violet: (singing) Shhh…"

"I understand why other people would want to stay in B&Bs. They're pretty. They're personal. They're “quaint,” a polit…"