Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.

I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.