Murray Kempton

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.