But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient; each leads to the same place: the end of the universe.

Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was.

Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.

I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.