Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.

Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.