Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have been detective stories until there were democracies, because the very foundation of the detective story is the thesis that if you're guilty you'll get it in the neck and if you're innocent you can't possibly be harmed. No matter who you are.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.