Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

One has to adopt a sort of Zen calm, in which you know you wrote the best book that you could at the time.

If you know somebody very well, like your grandmother or your baby sister, you will know when they are real and when they are fake.

Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.

One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen's younger, more attractive boyfriends.

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.

Literature doesn’t exactly have a strong mental-health track record.