Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable.

There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.

A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary child drowned in a pond is tragedy.

Most people's first books are their best anyways. It's the one they wanted most to write.

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

Weak people can be very stubborn.