Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.

I have to admit that I only read War and Peace when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

I have always been fascinated by paranoid people imagining conspiracies. I am fascinated by this in a critical way.

Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.

I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.