Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty.

To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it.