The fact that we don't read more books in America can be traced squarely to the fact that we have newspapers that are about a hundred times as big as….

Do I believe in ghosts? Of course I do. So do you. Deep in the souls of the most sophisticated of us is lurking a fear of the supernatural which all ….

Television, I love it, everything that happened before television lumped together, never caused folks to turn on a street to stare at me, or waitress….

There is a mass of people, we might as well admit, who if they weren't watching television, would be doing absolutely nothing else..

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?.

I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent enough to decide for themselves wh….

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you..

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count for something. The ….

Censor: A self-appointed snoophound who sticks his nose in other people's business..

Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you're making mone….

I can't say this too often - that a little humor can make life worth living. That has always been my credo. Somebody once asked me, 'What would you l….

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost..

The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that a mystery demands a solution for its effectiveness; a ghost….

One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-rea….

They tell about a fifteen-year-old boy in an orphans' home who had an incurable stutter. One Sunday the minister was detained and the boy volunteered….

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed..

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship..

TV's sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought..

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations..

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance..