Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

When I was young, boys didn't type.

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

Sleep is death without the responsibility.

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York - and by New York, I mean Manhattan. Brooklyn was the borough of grandparents. We didn't live well. We lived in these horrible places. But you could live in New York. And you didn't have to think about money every second.

People always say "pop culture." As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from.