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

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of my books into a foreign language. Have you ever seen a murder story printed in Singhalese? Wow!

Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz's cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life's toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.

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.

The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.

A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.