A man who has spent most of his adult life trying out a series of patent medicines is always an optimist.

Providence seems to look after the chumps of this world; and, personally, I'm all for it.

I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, 'Which are my big scenes?' and then get every drop of juice out of them. The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through?

It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.

We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very different things.

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.