War doesn't mature men; it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread.

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

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.

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

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

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.