We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
“I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.”