I feel myself the inheritor of a great background of people. Just who, precisely, they were, I have never known. I might be part Negro, might be part Jew, part Muslim, part Irish. So I can't afford to be supercilious about any group of people because I may be that people.

I had been educated with free scholarships. I went to nine different universities, always at public expense, and when you have that experience, you are almost obligated to give it back. It's as simple as that.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

A group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing volleyball, a game I commend highly. I understand that an effort is under way to establish a national league of professional volleyball teams, and if you have ever seen the great women's teams of Japan and Russia or the equally good men's teams of Cuba and East Germany, you know how exciting this playground game, which requires so little equipment, can be.

I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick?

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