I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with …

I'm trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one's arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.