A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

When I first started, there were writers that I looked up to that I felt very influenced by and very respectful toward their work and their opinion of my work.

What advice would I give the average homeowner to protect himself against burglars? Well, the first thing is to keep a light on in the house when you go out. It must be at least a sixty-watt bulb; anything less and the burglar will ransack the house, out of contempt for the wattage.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to. Writing is very pleasurable, very seductive, and very therapeutic. Time passes very fast when I'm writing-really fast. I'm puzzling over something, and time just flies by. It's an exhilarating feeling. How bad can it be? It's sitting alone with fictional characters. You're escaping from the world in your own way and that's fine. Why not?

I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.