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.

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

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.

I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.

If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.