“In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.”

“Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.”

“The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.”

“Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.”

“We must declare ourselves, become known allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.”

“The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.”