The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations.

I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.

Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.

I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel... I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.

If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.

I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.