“And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.”
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
“Bad things sometimes happen to good people; the key to happiness is try to make the best of, and be thankful for the hand we're dealt”
“All good novelists have bad memories.”
“Why do bad things happen to good people?To balance out the good things that happen to bad people.”
“No novelists any good except me. Sovietski -- yah! Nastikoff -- bah! I spit me of zem all. No novelists anywhere any good except me. P. G. Wodehouse and Tolstoi not bad. Not good, but not bad. No novelists any good except me.”