The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.

There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.

I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.