“Don't get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.”

“The problem with getting older is you meant to bring sexy back, but then you got sidetracked, and wound up napping instead.”

“How could you let yourself be sidetracked while I was waiting for your breath on my back?”

“God damn it," he said, "there are nice things in the world- and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked. Always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.”

“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door.”

“A lady is the last thing on earth I want to be. Capitalists sidetrack the women into clubs and make ladies of them.”