In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.

Show Dr. Princi your teeth. That's right, let's see 'em all. Christ, Sparks, is that your tongue or are you swallowing a squirrel? Keep moving -

He liked the Leedses. He was sorry that he had been to the morgue. He thought the madman who visited them might have liked them too. But the madman would like them better the way they were now.

It would be so nice to be wanted by someone with the courage to get his hat or stay as he damn pleased, and who gave her credit for the same. Someone who didn't worry about her.

Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.

It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

Difficulties melt away under tact.

Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life.

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

NBC's a little jealous of CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer. They want to get a reporter with a macho-sounding name too, so they're changing Irving R. Levine's name to Scud Shrapnel.

I routinely never discuss my marriage. It's nice to have things in my life that are totally mine.

In a sense, sexuality is the built-in psychedelic experience that only a very few people manage to evade.