He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.

Hem,' he said, and I knew he was a critic now, since, in conversation, they put your name at the beginning of a sentence rather than at the end.

He thought of all the time in his life he had spent gambling.

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

I drink to make other people more interesting.