Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

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

Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.

Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.

Our story opens in the mind of Luther L. (L for LeRoy) Fliegler, who is lying in his bed, not thinking of anything, but just aware of sounds, conscious of his own breathing, and sensitive to his own heartbeats. Lying beside him is his wife, lying on her right side and enjoying her sleep.

But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?