At Gambling, The Deadly Sin

My Mental Hands Were Empty, And I Felt I Must Do Something As A Counterirritant Or Antibody To My Hysterical Alarm At Getting Married At The Age Of 43.

Smoking I Find The Most Ridiculous Of All The Varieties Of Human Behavior And Practically The Only One That Is Entirely Against Nature. Can You Imagine A Cow Or Any Animal Taking A Mouthful Of Smoldering Straw Then Breathing In The Smoke And Blowing It Out Through Its Nostrils?

Our Prisons Are Full Of People Who Think They're Napoleon..or God.

I'm Looking For Commander James Bond, Not An Overgrown Stunt Man. [on Meeting Sean Connery]

I Take A Ridiculous Pleasure In What I Eat And Drink. It Comes Partly From Being A Bachelor, But Mostly From A Habit Of Taking A Lot Of Trouble Over Details. It's Very Persnickety And Old-maidish Really, But Then When I'm Working I Generally Have To Eat My Meals Alone And It Makes Them More Interesting When One Takes Trouble.