No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love.

It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary

If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size.

The difficulty of course is that I like women. It is only wives I am in trouble with.