There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.
I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.
Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.
Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.