It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work. It's none of their business that you had to learn. Let them think you were born that way.

We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood.

To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.

And the ones who would not make war? Can they stop it?

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

Just as, with the radio, there are certain things that you become fond of,and you welcome them and resent the new things