And if the worst happens, we go down together.

It 's the detestation of our deadly humdrum of modern life; some inherited love of fighting.' 'Say, brandy.' 'Does not Mr.Durance accuse you of an addiction to the brandy novel ?' 'Colney may call it what he pleases.

If I read fiction, let it be fiction; airier than hard fact.

If I see a ballet, my troop of short skirts must not go stepping like pavement policemen.

I can't read dull analytical stuff or "stylists" when I want action--if I'm to give my mind to a story.