You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

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

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me

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

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.