... If You Have Nothing,

None Of You [men] Ask For Anything - Except Everything, But Just For So Long As You Need It.

If You Read, You Can Learn To Think For Yourself.

Advice To Young Writers? Always The Same Advice: Learn To Trust Our Own Judgment.

I Think People Are Always Looking For Gurus. It's The Easiest Thing In The World To Become A Guru. It's Quite Terrifying. I Once Saw Something Fascinating Here In New York. It Must Have Been In The Early Seventies--guru Time. A Man Used To Go And Sit In Central Park, Wearing Elaborate Golden Robes. He Never Once Opened His Mouth, He Just Sat. He'd Appear At Lunchtime. People Appeared From Everywhere, Because He Was Obviously A Holy Man, And This Went On For Months. They Just Sat Around Him In Reverent Silence. Eventually He Got Fed Up With It And Left. Yes. It's As Easy As That.

You Can't Be A Red If You're Married To A Civil Servant.