“I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.”
“Oh Tigger, where are your manners?""I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.”
“I want a brighter word than bright”
“Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don’t like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I don’t like it.”
“Because you are the one. You are better than me in some things, and I am better than you in others...I don’t mind being a bit like you. I hope you don’t mind being a bit like me.”
“He’s playing every bit as hard as I am, only he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. Don’t blame me because he’s a better manipulator than I am — I haven’t been around long enough to learn all his tricks.”