One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down."

You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down."

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.