I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which you agree, but with which you disagree. Because every so often somebody you think is wrong will actually turn out to be right.

Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world.