"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man."
"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
"I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!"
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."