It's hard not to be a winner when you are constantly pushing yourself to see how far you can go.

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

We offend God because we do not know His greatness.

It sounded as if the streets were running, And then the streets stood still.

We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.

I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good.

By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.

I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding.