James Thurber

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.