Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.
Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.
I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.
Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.
I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.
I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.