Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if I had no desk in my room my life would seem too haphazard.

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution that we used to be.

Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love.

The best writing is rewriting.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.