I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.

I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while his article is still on the presses.

I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.