It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.

There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.

My grandmother made dying her life's work.

In life there exist two classes: first class and no class.