To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.
- Rex Stout
Process, Very, Based, Different Thing
I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.
- Rex Stout
Myself, Been, Bother, Regarding
Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.
- Rex Stout
Idea, Had, Hemingway, Women Are
Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.
- Rex Stout
Holmes, At Least One, Least, Marvelous
The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy.
- Rex Stout
Woman, Been, Billions, Womb
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.
- Rex Stout
Chess, Package, Set, Manage
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.
- Rex Stout
Will, Charge, Suspend, Disbelief
The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote.
- Rex Stout
Better, Glass, Ever, Hemingway
I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.
- Rex Stout
Think, I Think, Later, Holmes
As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
- Rex Stout
Love, Game, Stories, Detective
To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
- Rex Stout
Stratagem, Ingenious, Read, Detective
A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
- Rex Stout
Character, She, Round, Contrived
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.
- Rex Stout
Kind, Up, Kinds, Make Up
Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.
- Rex Stout
Effort, Wonderful, Thousand, Shrewd
I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
- Rex Stout
Strong, Standards, Sense, Moral
Everything in a story should be credible.
- Rex Stout
Story, Everything, Should, Credible
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