I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day.

Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.

Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago

You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.

Practice any faith you wish. Got a ball field up the island where you can practice. I'll give the Deity a fast one high and inside if he crowds the plate.

The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day ... you will never be stuck. Always stop while you are going good and don't think about it or worry about it until you start to write the next day. That way your subconscious will work on it all the time. But if you think about it consciously or worry about it you will kill it and your brain will be tired before you start.

I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.