A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.

Every hour spent on the Caine was a great hour in all our lives-if you don't think so now you will later on, more and more.

Some hours weigh against a whole lifetime.

A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.