Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.