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

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.

A schedule broken at will becomes a mere procession of vagaries.

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!

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

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.