The age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to be literate.

A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

I don't think I've ever held a racket in my hand ... There's got to be somebody in the US who isn't trying to play tennis and stinking up the court.

I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

I even got a letter from a young woman in British Columbia that began as follows: 'Today I am eighteen. I am sitting at the window, looking out at the rain, and thinking how much I love you.'