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It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

- Christopher Buckley
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American voters tend to make their decisions based on a variety of vectors. Professional political satirists employ rather more scientific criteria. Namely: who will provide us with better material over the next four years?

I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living.

Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.

President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.

I try to refrain from the alarmist statement, really I do. It's bad for the liver and worries the dog, who has plenty enough to worry about as it is.

Joe Scarborough was one of 74 Republicans elected to the Congress in 1994 in response to the missteps of the early Clinton era. He was the first Republican elected to Congress from his northern Florida district since the 1870s and handily won re-election three times.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.

I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I'm an ideological right-winger.

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It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.