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The mail amazes me. I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security reasons, I can only respond with a headshot and 'Dear so and so, be good. WM.' It never feels like enough.

I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them.

May God forgive me, but the letters of the alphabet frighten me terribly. They are sly, shameless demons - and dangerous! You open the inkwell, release them; they run off - and how will you ever get control of them again!

I don't know how to write love letters.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

I get a lot of letters from people.

Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.

I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one.

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.