The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.

I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance. And all music is.

...Skyscraper National Park

It's the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: 'Good-bye.

I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer.