Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It's very psychically wearing not to write - I mean if you're supposed to be writing.

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

White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.

Communism requires of its adherents that they arise early and participate in a strenuous round of calisthenics. To someone who wishes that cigarettes came already lit the thought of such exertion at an hour when decent people are just nodding off is thoroughly abhorrent.

For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.

Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

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.