I understand the hero (of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms) keeps getting in bed with women, and the war wasn't fought that way

No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up

And in a sense I haven't looked back since - I just kept writing away really.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me.After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

You don't want to keep a person with her talent in perennial handcuffs. To have someone with her dazzling writing ability turn to Lincoln is a great boon to the Lincoln field.

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in bed