When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.

I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!

A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.

I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.

When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.

I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.

Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.