I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.

I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

I jumped horses over big dangerous fences in competition. And got very, very good at it, at quite a high level. And I realized long since that, yeah, it's the same thing that appeals to me about it. You can't think about anything else, in either case; jumping horses in competition, show jumping, or flying an airplane, for whatever purpose.

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.