One always likes one's latest book best. That's a natural feeling.

Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.

The instant she saw the letter she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. "Darling," she instructed me, "would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick.

I'm one of the world's greatest pencil sharpeners.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights. Some cities will always remain wrapped boxes, containers of riddles never to be solved, nor even to be seen by vacationing visitors, or, for that matter, the most inquisitive, persistent travelers.

I'll pay you a million dollars if you tell your life story for true.