“Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.”

“Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.”

“If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.”

“Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.”

“Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.”

“Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.”

“Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.”

“Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.”

“Living in the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles causes you to bump into people not going your way.”

“I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.”

“People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.”