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

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.

...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.

I've spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

I do believe that everyone growing up faces differential opportunities. With me, it was books and travel and some good teachers.

Things are going to go wrong, and I think we are false to life if we don’t portray it. But there is also the hope that some lucky clown is going to come along and stumble into the gold mine. And I think you are also entitled to hold out that hope.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.