You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year.

98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.

The orator yields to the inspiration of a transient occasion, and speaks to the mob, before him, to those who can hear him; but the writer, whose more equable life is his crowd which inspire the orator, speaks to the intellect and heart of mankind, to all in any age who can understand him.

Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pass a stall, a shop, or even a bedroom-shelf without reading some title, and if they find themselves in an unfamiliar library, no host need trouble himself further about their entertainment.

What you don't know would make a great book.