Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.

the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading "Confused.

In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.

When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.

Not many people in this world are as lucky as I've been. ... All this time I've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. You don't get any luckier in life than that.