“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.”
“There's no pleasure in having nothing to do. The pleasure is in having lots to do and not doing it.”
“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”
“Well, Bud," he said, looking at me, "I'll be damned if you don't go to a lot of trouble to have your fun. Kidnapping, then fighting. What do you do on your holidays? Burn houses?”
“If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.”