My, my. A body does get around.

Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich.

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them.

There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.