I don't believe the writer should know too much where he's going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprint—old man propaganda.

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.

It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection.

Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.