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(1910--)

U.S. writer

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.

(1910--)

U.S. writer

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

(1910--)

U.S. writer

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

(1910--)

U.S. writer

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

(1910--)

U.S. writer

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

(1910—1993)

U.S. novelist

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend.

(70—19 B.C.), Roman poet

To have died once is enough.

(1694—1778), French author philosopher

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

(1694—1778), French author philosopher

He who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.