Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.

Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

An artist is his own fault.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

They say great themes make great novels