[On Dashiell Hammett:] ... he is so hard-boiled you could roll him on the White House lawn.

I've finally gotten to the bottom of things.

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

There was a reason for the cost of those perfectly plain black dresses.

He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.

On being told of the death of former President Calvin Coolidge: How could they tell?