The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.