Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

My novels are all ideas.

Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.

Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.