The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy.

But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.

A placated bully is a hand-fed bully.

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

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.

Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.