Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to 30 or 31, depending on the length of the month, but it won't work. I don't drink while I'm writing because it fuddles my logical processes, but when I finish a book I go down to the kitchen and pour myself a big belt.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

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

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.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

Subtlety chases the obvious up a never-ending spiral and never quite catches it.