You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

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.