“Nothing I like to do pays well.”

“You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.”

“Do they pay you by the hour or what? Norwood said to the monocled peanut face.”

“There is no generosity in women. They want everything coming in and nothing going out. They show no trust. Lord God, how they hate to pay you! They will get the work of two men out of you and I guess they would beat you with whips if they were able to. No sir, not me. Never. A man will not work for a woman, not unless he has clabber for brains.”

“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.”

“My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.”

“Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style combined with educational aims.”