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.

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

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

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

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

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