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.

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.

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

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