"Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad." — A. A. Milne

Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.