Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.

Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

An artist is his own fault.

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.

But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?

Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.

The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.

Why is it, " he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?""Because I like you, " she said, "and I don't want anything from you.

The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.

Automatically thinking ‘everything that happens is God’s will’ is a lazy way to live. We live in a war. Jesus wasn’t fighting the Father’s will when He raised the dead.

The cannon thunders... limbs fly in all directions... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice... it's Humanity in search of happiness.

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.

I don't think that I am hopeful because I have some data that you don't, that I am going to share with you and going to convince you on that basis.

Any form of integration, forced integration, any - any - any effort to force integration upon whites is actually hypocritical.

Reading. I know it's not a very active activity, but it is in my head.

Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits.