All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want to do it. They have become writers out of reasons of ambition. It must be a great strain to them to make marks on a page when they really have nothing much to say, and don’t enjoy doing it. I’m not so sure what I have to say but I certainly enjoy making sentences.

Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government)

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it's practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don't.