The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.

I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More

I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

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.