I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a structure that resembled a Zeppelin hangar, so it was a contained space in which whatever laughter I generated could ricochet and hang around for a bit, encouraging others to join in. Christopher Buckley 000bitecontain share on social
I remember dawn coming up over the Strait of Malacca; ragamuffin kids on the dock in Sumatra laughing as they pelted us with bananas; collecting dead flying fish off the deck and bringing them to our sweet, fat, toothless Danish cook to fry up for breakfast. Christopher Buckley bananabreakfastbring 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 was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone. Christopher Buckley childkilllot Change image and share on social
If you're a speech writer for a president, you don't really see all that much of him because there's so many layers between you and him. But with a vice president, it's different. Christopher Buckley layerpresidentspeech Change image and share on social
In a 24/7 news cycle, with all the shrieking, howling voices and rapid-response and instant spinning and Soviet-style disinformation-mongering, a good idea has a shelf life of about, um, six seconds. Christopher Buckley cycledisinformationgood Change image and share on social
I'd worked at the White House for two years, and I'd read a bunch of White House memoirs because everybody who works at the White House, even for five minutes, writes a memoir usually not less than 600 pages long - and never without the word 'power' in the title. Christopher Buckley bunchhouselong share on social
'Catch-22''s admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical. Christopher Buckley admirerboundarycatch Change image and share on social
