It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

I never can understand how two men can write a book together; to me that's like three people getting together to have a baby.

Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.

Never get mixed up in a Welsh wrangle. It doesn't end in blows like an Irish one, but goes on forever.

It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.

If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.