Worry Is A Dividend Paid To Disaster

History Is Moving Pretty Quickly These Days, And The Heroes And Villains Keep On Changing Parts.

One Of The Bibles Of My Youth Was 'birds Of The West Indies,' By James Bond, A Well-known Ornithologist, And When I Was Casting About For A Name For My Protagonist I Thought, 'my God, That's The Dullest Name I've Ever Heard,' So I Appropriated It. Now The Dullest Name In The World Has Become An Exciting One.

If You Interrupt The Writing Of Fast Narrative With Too Much Introspection And Self-criticism, You Will Be Lucky If You Write 500 Words A Day And You Will Be Disgusted With Them Into The Bargain. By Following My Formula, You Write 2,000 Words A Day And You Aren’t Disgusted With Them Until The Book Is Finished, Which Will Be In About Six Weeks.

A Dry Martini,' He Said. 'one. In A Deep Champagne Goblet.' ... Just A Moment. Three Measures Of Gordon's, One Of Vodka, Half A Measure Of Kina Lillet. Shake It Very Well Until It's Ice-cold, Then Add A Large Thin Slice Of Lemon-peel. Got It?

Englishmen Are So Odd. They Are Like A Nest Of Chinese Boxes. It Takes A Very Long Time To Get To The Centre Of Them. When One Gets There The Result Is Unrewarding, But The Process Is Instructive And Entertaining.