I never even realized I was Jewish until I was practically grown up. Or rather, I used to feel that everybody in the world was Jewish, which amounts to the same thing.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

To me, the most romantic gesture is a quiet night with my girl. I like to cook for her. I'm a meat eater and a griller - I do steaks, I do chicken, I do fish. I have a broad palate!

Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or concept that can be formulated in its terms.

I was what you are, you will be what I am.

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

Most people know who believes in them.

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.