It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.

Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.

Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.

Deathlessness should be arrived at in a... haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

Oh, I never look under the hood.