Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune.

I don't think San Francisco needs defending. I never meet anyone who doesn't love the place, Americans or others.

I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing.

I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.

Artists are the traditional interpreters of dreams and nightmares.

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.