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

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

Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.

The writer works in a lonely way.

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

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

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