Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.

Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn't dream of interrupting on the golf course.

Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan... The Ku Klux's gone... It'll never come back.