I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning. Christopher Buckley cleardeficitdinner Change image and share on social
Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise - and fall. Christopher Buckley empirefallgingrich 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
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
'Catch-22''s admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical. Christopher Buckley admirerboundarycatch 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
If I were to win the Nobel Prize in Literature - which I think it's fairly safe to say is not going to happen - I would still expect the headline on my obituary to read: 'Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, Jr., is dead at 78.' Christopher Buckley buckleychristopherdead share on social
I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. Christopher Buckley attractivefindnancy Change image and share on social
I am not a political thinker. I'm not even much of a thinker. I'm a hack novelist. Christopher Buckley hacknovelistpolitical 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
