While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style.

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.

It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.

MIke Lee writes with honesty, penetration, wit and the ability to surprise the reader with an unexpected turn from time to time that enriches the experience.

You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effectiveness man has achieved.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.