Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.

The fastest thing computers do is go obsolete.

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.