I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die.

No, it's the musicians and I must say they are an accomplished bunch, but odd, as musicians tend to be. Is it the vibration from their instruments, do you suppose, working on the brain? All that fraught buzzing?

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to be charming because they are childlike, he is also a schemer, self-seeker, traitor, Judas, crook, and villain - in short, a man.

When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.

Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all of it. If you can know everything about anything, it is not worth knowing.