No war can end war except a total war which leaves no human creature on earth. Each war creates the causes of war: hate, desire for revenge and have-nots, desperate with need.
A country inn is a percolator. News seeps, simmers, and bubbles.
Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.
Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread.
There's no privacy for the violently dead.
New York's the place where you can have a private life. You can do anything, be anything you please. New Yorkers mind their own business. Police cars, ambulances, fire engines - nobody even turns around for them. We go to the movies for excitement.