"I take it for granted that there's a side of me that loves public action, and there's another side of me that really wants to be alone and work and write. And I've learned to alternate the two as matters develop."
"I knew that there was one thing I wanted to be and that was a writer."
"There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will."
"The killing of John Lennon altered everything... like fifty million other people, I cared about Lennon."
