Occupation: Novelist Birth: September 15, 1890 Death: January 12, 1976
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them..
To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one..
I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that..
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn..
Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly..
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody..
If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life..
... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers..
I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is.….
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers..
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes..
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries..
It is deplorable...to remove all the romance - all the mystery!.
That is why most great love stories are tragedies..
Those who never think of money need a great deal of it..
One never quite allows for the moron in our midst..
Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!.
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood..
I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will ….
There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them..
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first ….