I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.