We disagree heavily on abortion [with Margot Hentoff].

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

When the ACLU took my case and we got a ruling I think, for the first time, they could - the Congress could put out the report internally but they couldn't put it out at taxpayers' expense around the country. And I felt odd about that because I, in a way, I was interfering with free speech, but then, you can't always win.

I read like everybody - like every other writer.

I am against anybody who uses violence to make their points.

[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.