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

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

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.