Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

Joe Wambaugh's a friend. I know him only casually, but I like him a lot. I think he likes my books.

I learn things late-and only the hard way.

I'm way past the idea of using ideology or political view as a gauge of human character. I simply don't believe it. And many people, I tend to think most people, feel that way. Since I don't have to worry about it, I'm happy.

I've created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I've avoided the digital world.

Where’s your sketch pad?” I asked. … “I gave that up,” Kay said. “I wasn’t very good, so I changed my major.” “To what?” “To pre-med, then psychology, then English lit, then history.” “I like a woman who knows what she wants.” Kay smiled. “So do I, but I don’t know any.

It's all sex for me. Politics is sex. Race is sex. It's the novel. It's the novel!