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

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad.

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

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 is not a season. It is a feeling.