「Life is full of frightful things. The great thing is to find something to be happy about and stick to that.」「Do you know what writing a book against war is like? It's like writing a book against Wednesdays. Wednesdays, are a fact of life and if you don't like them, you could stay in bed but you can't stop them because Wednesdays are coming and if today isn't actually a Wednesday it soon will be.」