I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don't hate them very long.

However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.

It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.

I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a critic.

May I wish for you the knowledge...that marriages do not take place, they are made by hand; that there is always an element of discipline involved; that however perfect the honeymoon, the time will come, however brief it is, when you wish she would fall downstairs and break a leg. This goes for her too. But the mood will pass, if you give it time.