Consistency is a virtue for trains.

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders.

To state a lie firmly, categorically and with great authority, undeterred by the fact that all concerned know it to be a lie, is one of the principal activities defined by the term practising law.