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.

Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects.

I think since Watergate people are interested in what the past of this country was really like.

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

My family helped start [this country], we've been in political life ... since the 1690s, and I have a very possessive sense about this country.

The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.