I don't deny or affirm anything. I'm not very personal.

What is a political party but a conspiracy?

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.

I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.

I'm a much worse guest than I am a host, and I'm not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone.

I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that's just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort.

It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.