I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.