The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.

celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.

writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing from a writer, conversationally. If a writer has anything witty, profound or quotable to say he doesn't say it. He's no fool. He writes it.

Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.