Death is a distant rumor to the young.

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable

Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.

I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.