Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.

Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.

Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt. By living every golden minute as if one had all Eternity.

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.