Gossip is more popular than literature.

There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.

We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.

Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.

No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.