A man can't eat anger for breakfast and sleep with it at night and not suffer damage to his soul.

A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make a life with and write more than a line about, you write a whole book.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.

Take care of your friends. Because there will come a time when you'll be no good to anyone, and the only reason for people to talk to you will be sheer habit.

A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

When you come to expect humor of people, you will never get it.