If I were a young man, I would not hesitate at writing anything to get into print, except pornography.

Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect.

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.

A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined.

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

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.

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