“I met a man at a party. He said "I'm writing a novel" I said "Oh really? Neither am I.”

“It must take a lot of self-discipline,' she said. 'Oh, I don't know. I don't have much.' He felt himself about to say again, and unable to resist saying, that 'Dumas, I think it was Dumas, some terrifically prolific Frenchman, said that writing novels is a simple matter - if you write one page a day, you'll write one novel a year, two pages a day, two novels a year, three pages, three novels, and so on. And how long does it take to cover a page with writing? Twenty minutes? An hour? So you see. Very easy really.''I don't know,' she said, laughing. 'I can't even bring myself to write a letter.' 'Oh, now that's hard.'("Novelty")”

“I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy."Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.”

“Do you write novels?" I said."Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.”

“Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully.”

“You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.”