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.

Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.

Being rich and thin isn't everything.

We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the words down, trying to get them right, operating by some inner sense of pitch and proportion, and from time to time, we stick the stuff in an envelope and ship it to an editor.

As for kissing on the first date, you should never date someone whom you would not wish to kiss immediately.

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.

He was admired for never being at a loss for words and never wasting any either.