I began to feel that if religion was either an illusion or a revelation, it was simpler to accept it as an illusion.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter.

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.

there is no truly honest autobiography.

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.

There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.