I Rarely Read Or Buy A Book

Life Is Sentimental. Why Should I Be Cold And Hard About It? That's The Main Content. The Biggest Thing In People's Lives Is Their Loves And Dreams And Visions, You Know.

We Americans Are Trained To Think Big, Talk Big, Act Big, Love Big, Admire Bigness But Then The Essential Mystery Is In The Small.

I Asked A French Critic A Couple Of Years Ago Why My Books Did So Well In France. He Said It Was Because In My Novels People Both Act And Think. I Got A Kick Out Of That.

I Should Add That I Very Much Enjoy Certain Cities Especially Paris, New York And Chicago.

One Of The Curious Effects Of A Bad Hangover Is That You Think You're Wrong Whether You Are Or Not. Not Wrong In Particulars, But Wrong In General, Wrong About Everything.