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

[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.

There is nothing for the modern man or woman to fear about most cases of cancer. Nothing except delay.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

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