You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets frustrated. After he pees in it himself, he likes the flavor much better, so he buys it.
Winslow says I don't understand plotting and probably I don't - I have been congratulated many times on the skill shown in my plotting when I knew damn well that the story in question had not been plo...
Were you born stupid, Heinrich, or did you have to study?
The country and culture commonly known as America had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to...
Simply because an evil was inescapable was no reason to term it a 'good.
My child, a true-confession story should never be tarnished by any taint of truth.
Man has no moral instinct. He is not born with moral sense. You were not born with it, I was not - and a puppy has none. We acquire moral sense, when we do, through training, experience, and hard swea...
If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.
If I’ve reached the place where I’m a good influence on anybody, it’s time I cultivated some new vices.
I was not offended, my love. An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too heavy baggage for my journey...
I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courag...
I had taken a partner once before-but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit in a cave, sleeping with one eye open.
I don’t know, he had answered grimly, except that the time-tested method of instilling social virtue and respect for law in the minds of the young did not appeal to a pre-scientific pseudo-professiona...
I don't pay much attention to politics.You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.
His claim to Mars is lawyers' hogwash; as a lawyer myself I need not respect it.
God made alcohol and he made feet - and he made 'em so you could put 'em together and be happy!
Either way, I have no wish to disturb a man sleeping in a gutter; I assume until proved otherwise that he belongs there.
Dorcas, you already reek like a Marseilles cat house; don't wheedle Mike for more stinkum.
Do not confuse duty with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entai...
Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom. You