The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work.

His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.

A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.

The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.

You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.