I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.

Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.