At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I didn't need to. Being inexperienced, I managed to slice a quarter-inch gash into my lower chin a half hour before I picked up my date. Christopher Buckley boardcatholicchin share on social
The first novel I wrote, 'The White House Mess,' was a comic novel. It came out in 1986. It was a parody in the form of a White House memoir. Christopher Buckley comicformhouse Change image and share on social
Mum's serial misbehavior over the years had driven me, despairing, to write her scolding - occasionally scalding letters. Christopher Buckley despairdriveletter Change image and share on social
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. Christopher Buckley bottlecarbonatecork Change image and share on social
George H. W. Bush may be a World War II hero and New England Yankee blue blood, but he has the tear ducts of a Sicilian grandmother. Christopher Buckley bloodbluebush Change image and share on social
With real estate, it's location, location, location. In public speaking, it's acoustics, acoustics, acoustics. Christopher Buckley acousticestatelocation Change image and share on social
I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. Christopher Buckley attractivefindnancy Change image and share on social
I believe with my sage and epigrammatic friend P. J. O'Rourke that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take it all away. Christopher Buckley bigepigrammaticfriend Change image and share on social
In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph. Christopher Buckley disasterlivemake Change image and share on social
I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off. Christopher Buckley administrationdeficitearly Change image and share on social
