A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.

Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon.

All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in the state of Texas and around outside, why, you could spend your life going to weddings. But a funeral, that's different. You only die once.

Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.