A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

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

The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote

Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.