I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

Where some people may see loving grandparents, I see a pair of feckless boobs who can't drive, take way too long to shop, and don't even have the most basic grasps on the new technology. As a staunch supporter of the principles of Darwinism, I think that advances in modern medicine are starting to overrule the survival of the fittest, and it's to our [youngers'] detriment.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.

Walking is good for the soul.

Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.