All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash. It was like elephants holding tails. Imagine me undressing a nun, even second hand.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.

I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles.

Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.