A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

I'm not much of a correspondent. My letters are not only uninteresting but sparse. I'm glad I don?t have to write for a living. It?s arduous work and the money is very uncertain. On those rare occasions when I wander into a bookstore it amazes me to see the avalanche of literature and semi-literature that is turned out weekly in this country. The people who write these things are either desperate for money or love starved. Why should anyone on a nice balmy day lock oneself in an office and hit a typewriter for hours on end. I think one of the greatest pleasures in the world is not writing.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

Money cannot buy you happiness, and happiness cannot buy you money. That might be a wise crack, but I doubt it.

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose.

The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.