So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.

Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.

I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.