Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House

When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.

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