It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

Everything in a story should be credible.

The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.

Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking.