My God you love to get them, and good Lord you hate to answer them. - Rex Stout

The only difference between me and most people is that I'm perfectly aware that all my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made.

One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.