Gilbert K. Chesterton

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.