Everything is nothing, with a twist.

It seems to me divorce is so common now. It ought to be more institutionalized. It's like a head-on collision every time. It's supposed to be a surprise but it's commonplace.

Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

Thank God for novelists. Thank God there are people willing to write everything down. Otherwise, so much would be forgotten.

The system promotes to the top those who don't care about the planet.

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read the greatest American short story, which is 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' by Ambrose Bierce.