[When working on a book] I have an almost complete detachment from the world I live in, a sort of armor against distraction. I talk to people, move about, appear on the surface much as usual. But later on I have only a confused memory of what has happened during that period.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Old men make wars that young men may die.

Used to move so much, every time the chickens saw the team put in the wagon, they'd lie down on their backs and hold their legs up to be tied!