Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

when we are young our parents run our life; when we get older, our children do.