A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.

Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires.

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.

Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.

One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.'

Indolence and melancholy: Each generates the other. If one can speak of such feeble passions as generating anything.