“Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.”

“My own daughter a streetwalker! If you have any consideration for your parents at all you'll do the only decent thing.What's that?You'll leave this house and not come back until you're a virgin.”

“So you read this book and, God willing, enjoyed it. Do I have to tell you how proud a mother would be of a son like that? I Don't. Now maybe he'll give up all this foolishness and go into a worthwhile profession.”

“There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”

“There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”

“My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and dogs are the crazy ones.”

“Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?”