There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

Fields can lie fallow but we can't; we have less time.

With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins.

Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice.

Few women care what a man looks like, and a good thing too.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.