Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons?

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Your responsibility as a parent is never great as the case is with the mother.

When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it."

That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires - smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge - are basically solitary pursuits.

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.

Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.