I have no television - I hate it.

It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.

Everything human is alien to me.

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment

And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.