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.

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

There's no sauce for play like work.

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.

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

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

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.