Every Superstate Has One Iron Rule: Logic

I've Never Really Topped Myself, Because Awards In Themselves Really Don't Reflect Major Accomplishment. It's Kind Of A Strange, Backslapping Ritual That We Go Through In This Town Where You Get Awards For Almost Everything. For Surviving The Day You're Going To Get Awards.

Our Greatest Responsibility Is Not To Be Pencils Of The Past.

The Major Difference Frequently Is In Time. The Motion Picture, For Example, Gives You Considerably More Freedom Of Expression Than Does The Confined Thirty-minute Television Show. But In Essence, They're Not That Dissimilar.

(on Being Born On Christmas Day, 1924) I Was A Christmas Present That Was Delivered Unwrapped.

I've Never Planned Ahead.i Just Sort Of Go Through Life Checking The Menu Of Three Meals That Day. I Never Worry About Tomorrow. It's Only Since I've Gotten Older That I've Begun To Wonder About Time Running Out. Is It Sufficient Unto Itself That I Don't Plan? Because Maybe Next Thursday Won't Come One Day. And Then, I'm Concerned About That. But That's Not Uniquely The Writer's Concern, That's The Concern Of Every Middle-aged Man Who Looks In The Mirror.