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.

Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

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

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

I'm the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they're all dead.

If I need something, I'll invent it.