Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.

Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.