It is odd how all men develop the notion, as they grow older, that their mothers were wonderful cooks. I have yet to meet a man who will admit that his mother was a kitchen assassin and nearly poisoned him.

Fiction is not photography, it's oil painting.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

In the end, it is upon the quality and commitment of individuals that all group movements depend.

Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of slavery tempered by affection.

Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many places is so desperately dull.

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs.