I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

I'm not a great writer.

Sean's a great, great writer.

You become a great writer by writing.

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.

I think I would have done very well as a writer in the Forties. I think the last time America was a great country was then or not long after. It was before Vietnam, before Watergate.