It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money ran out - were always better than ours since the city was the political capital of the country, as well as the artistic and literary one. In L.A. we've always been slightly sealed off from real life. It's no accident that two of our most interesting directors, Woody Allen and Bob Altman, are more or less settled in the real world.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.

There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.

Realism has always been called cynicism.

Vitriolic is a needless and malign attack on something, excessive attack on something. It is a rather pointless thing to do.