As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.

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

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.