The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money.

I think the bottom line is that if you get through a childhood like mine, it's not at all bad. Obviously, you come out a pretty tough turkey, and you have had all the inoculations you need to keep you on a level keel for the rest of your life. The sad part is, most of us don't come out.

We are never prepared for what we expect.

Contrary to what people think, I slave over my books.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

If a young aspirant had a modicum of skill and a busy typewriter she or he would sooner or later get a foothold in one of the magazines and a leaping start on the ladder upward.

I think young people ought to seek the experience that is going to knock them off center.