The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through…

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We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

Call me the author.

Call me the author.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...