The bulls are my best friends." I translated to Brett. "You kill your friends?" she asked. "Always," he said in English, and laughed. "So they don't kill me.

Never fall in love?" "Always," said the count. "I am always in love.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

In company with people of your own trade you ordinarily speak of other writers' books. The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves. Joyce was a very great writer and he would only explain what he was doing to jerks. Other writers that he respected were supposed to be able to know what he was doing by reading it.

Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.

Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.