Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

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

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

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.

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.

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