Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.

In America the word revolutionary is used to sell pantyhose.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.