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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

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When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

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Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

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Henry James chews more than he bites off.

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Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

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Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.

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Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together.

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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

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How to win a case in court: If the law is on your side, pound on the law; if the facts are on your side, pound on the facts; if neither is on your side, pound on the table.

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There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands.

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