My First Thought Was Always A Cigarette.

My First Thought Was Always A Cigarette. It Still Is, But I Haven't Cheated.

For Someone To Be Taken Seriously It Was Valuable To Have The Appearance Of Someone Who Deserved To Be Taken Seriously.

What Were We Doing Here? Traveling Hundreds Or Thousands Of Light-years, To Break Our Hearts?

I Did That For 40 Years Or More. I Never Had Any Writer's Block. I Got Up In The Morning, Sat Down At The Typewriter - Now, Computer - Lit Up A Cigarette.

I Was Thinking Of Writing A Little Foreword Saying That History Is, After All, Based On People's Recollections, Which Change With Time.