The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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

In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.

A man gets on a train with his little boy, and gives the conductor only one ticket. 'How old's your kid?' the conductor says, and the father says, 'He's four years old.' 'He looks at least twelve to me,' says the conductor. And the father says, 'Can I help it if he worries?

Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

Consider the number of young people all over the world who are getting married, day in and day out, for no other reason than thatsomeone of the opposite sex looks well in a green jersey or sings baritone, and then tell me that divorce has reached menacing proportions. The surface of divorce has not even been scratched yet.

If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge.