Writing does for me what giving milk does for a cow.

Conscience is the accumulated sediment of ancestral faint- heartedness

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

The other day a dog peed on me. A bad sign.

Syllogisms а la mode - If you are against labor racketeers, then you are against the working man. If you are against demagogues, then you are against democracy. If you are against Christianity, then you are against God. If you are against trying a can of Old Dr. Quack's Cancer Salve, then you are in favor of letting Uncle Julius die.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. There is in every living creature an obscure but powerful impulse to active functioning. Life demands to be lived. Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy organism- in fact, it is almost impossible. Only the dying can be really idle.

Wherever I sit is the head of the table.