I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Birds which are the same color as the foliage in which they nest are less likely to be disturbed by other birds who want to drop in and chat, and therefore last longer.

A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.

The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success.

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off.