I don't see us winning the war. We have made enemies of one billion Muslims.

I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I’m doing fiction.

From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there's a wide band in the middle of people who respond to various stimuli. A little bit here, a little more there.

U.S. certainly are not warlike. We don't want that. We want to make money, which I always thought was one of the most admirable things about Americans.

I don't think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality.

Sex was a great no-no for Americans, so that was obviously an attraction to the writers, and since sex is a great part of most people's lives, it's a great subject.

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.