Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.

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

Winter: It's not just a season, it's who we are.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see, say, thirty cans of tomato sauce and a five-pound bag of rice, I get a little thrill of well-being - much more so than if I take a look at the quarterly dividend report from my mutual fund.

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

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.