I go on many thrilling adventures and wondrous, profound escapades through books.

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

Did you ever admire an empty-headed writer for his or her mastery of the language? No. So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.

No moral value is greater than humanity.

A lot of people were opposed to it. A lot of people were for it. I myself think about it as little as possible.

Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married. And I heard myself say: "That's the way the post-war movie goes.

The smartest people in Indianapolis became teachers [during the Great Depression]. And, for once, there was something for women to do because teaching was regarded as a woman's profession, like nursing. So the smartest women in town - Jesus, my women teachers were so exciting.