Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.
I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
I think since Watergate people are interested in what the past of this country was really like.