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Christopher Buckley

American Novelist

Born: Sep 28, 1952

Been Good Me Think White You

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I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive. Christopher Buckley

Hope Me People Because Deathbed Lot Forgive Forgive Me

Catch-22's admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical. Christopher Buckley

Admirers Cross Generational Catch-22 Boundaries Ideological Geographical

The ideological distance between Jim Webb and Bertrand Russell can be measured in light years. An author who reaches both of them exerts something like universal appeal. Christopher Buckley

Light Jim Distance Russell Something Both Between Like Ideological Years Author Them Measured Who Appeal Universal

I am not a political thinker. I'm not even much of a thinker. I'm a hack novelist. Christopher Buckley

Political Hack Am Much Even Novelist Thinker

I cast my first vote on my father's lap in 1960, for Richard Nixon, in the voting booth. I was 8. Christopher Buckley

Vote Voting Father First Richard Nixon Booth Nixon Cast Richard Lap

I am post-Catholic. Christopher Buckley

Am

Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life. Christopher Buckley

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines. Christopher Buckley

Love Morning You Affection Think Some Inspiration Headlines Know Sort Always Place Mean Disneyland Washington Satirist

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

You Meeting Tricky Admired Always Author

My mother spent a month in a Swiss hospital after a terrible ski accident. Christopher Buckley

Mother Accident Month Spent Hospital Terrible After Ski Swiss

I want Tom Clancy, the Maryland novelist, to write the story of the rest of my life. Christopher Buckley

Life Rest My Life Write Maryland Want Story Novelist Tom

If the question is, 'Do I wish I made thirty million dollars a year,' the answer is, 'You bet.' If the question is, 'Do I wish I could write like Tom Clancy,' the answer must remain, 'No.' Christopher Buckley

You Made Wish Year Thirty Must Bet Remain Could Write Like Answer Dollars Question Tom Million Million Dollars

I don't think I ever once heard Mum utter a religious or spiritual sentiment, a considerable feat considering that she was married for 57 years to one of the most prominent Catholics in the country. Christopher Buckley

Spiritual Country Sentiment Think Considerable Once Considering Prominent Married Religious Feat Most She Catholics Years Heard Mum Ever Utter

I haven't left the Republican Party. It left me. Christopher Buckley

Me Party Left Republican Republican Party

I think my identity as a 'conservative' is entirely inherited. People see the name Buckley, and they think 'conservative.' Christopher Buckley

People Conservative Think See Entirely Name Identity Inherited

I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. Christopher Buckley

Find Nancy Nancy Pelosi Attractive Very Republican

It's axiomatic that all husbands are impossible. But I also think it's axiomatic that women are slightly impossible. Christopher Buckley

Women Impossible Think Slightly Husbands Also Women Are

Cindy McCain has emerged as a definite hottie. I think that sometimes happens to women in their early fifties. Christopher Buckley

Women Sometimes Think Cindy Definite Emerged McCain Happens Fifties Early

I'm not a particularly cerebral writer. I unabashedly go for the belly. Christopher Buckley

Unabashedly Writer Particularly Go Cerebral Belly

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. Christopher Buckley

You Will Past Nice Living Only Look Also Make Been Past Decade Decade Room Warned Next Paint

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