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> [Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/of-all-americans-who-have-appeared-on-the-nation-s-postage-stamps-ayn/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

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## Other authors on Ayn Rand

## More by Thomas Mallon

> [“he’d spent his whole life trying to make God love him—and that this didn’t matter in the slightest. All that mattered was that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/he-d-spent-his-whole-life-trying-to-make-god-love-him-and-that-this/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/cell-phones-alas-have-pretty-much-ruined-train-travel-which-i-used-to/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [My prescription for writer's block is to face the fact that there is no such thing… Writing well is difficult, but one can always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/my-prescription-for-writer-s-block-is-to-face-the-fact-that-there-is/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [My house in Connecticut is very quiet, and when I'm trying to concentrate, I don't even allow the cat inside my second-floor study.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/my-house-in-connecticut-is-very-quiet-and-when-i-m-trying-to/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [I actually think that 'Bandbox,' by far the silliest of my books, is the best constructed of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/i-actually-think-that-bandbox-by-far-the-silliest-of-my-books-is-the/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [Bobby Kennedy's conduct toward Lyndon Johnson was childish and despicable. As the years went on, he displayed nasty, self-pitying, and messianic qualities that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/bobby-kennedy-s-conduct-toward-lyndon-johnson-was-childish-and/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/the-czech-republic-severed-from-its-old-slovak-half-sits-in-apparent/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [One decision I made in writing 'Henry and Clara' was that I would keep Lincoln's appearances and any dialogue by him to an absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/one-decision-i-made-in-writing-henry-and-clara-was-that-i-would-keep/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [American secretaries of state have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than anything presidential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/american-secretaries-of-state-have-typically-been-more-buttoned-up/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [I was raised - and still consider myself to be - Catholic, though I'm non-practicing and haven't fulfilled my Easter duty since sometime during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/i-was-raised-and-still-consider-myself-to-be-catholic-though-i-m-non/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do any good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/i-think-that-the-worst-form-of-naivete-can-be-extreme-cynicism-if-you/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [I remember from my academic days, there were people who could never begin writing because they hadn't read every single thing on their subject,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/i-remember-from-my-academic-days-there-were-people-who-could-never/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [ “\[Voltaire\] was generally unbedeviled by any foolish consistency.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/voltaire-was-generally-unbedeviled-by-any-foolish-consistency/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [“Daisy loved all parades, especially this one, whose crush of observers, prone to impulsive kisses, made it one more piece of the mistletoe under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/daisy-loved-all-parades-especially-this-one-whose-crush-of-observers/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

> [Ive always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mallon/ive-always-got-a-novel-under-way-but-if-i-try-to-work-on-it-every-day/)

[Thomas Mallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mallon/)

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