American writer, humorist and essayist
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.