He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read.

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.

In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.