I've never had an affair with somebody who wasn't at the same time a very good friend of mine, if you see what I mean.

And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been in pain for a long time, when you wake up every morning with a rising sense of hysteria, then boredom is what you want, marathon sleeps, a silence in yourself.

Talent is a valued tormentor.

Many universities have asked me to come for a semester but I don't want to do it because I don't have the patience.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.

Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that's one definition of a lady.

I'm scarcely an enfant!