You can become much more independent, much more courageous with a bank account. And also, much more independent and self-reliant when you know you have money behind you.

If you write beautifully, you write beautifully, that's all.

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices . . . . And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

All the Dachaus must remain standing.

The tendency when you dictate is to overwrite, because you're not counting pages, you don't really know what the hell the page count is.